The wonderful GT development team just announced the latest development release. The 4.1.2 release contains early looks at new features destined for GT 4.2, and as such is not recommended for production environments--but is highly recommended for people who want to try new features, of which there are many. Highlights include:
- Persistent HTTP/S connection support in Java WS Core
- Dynamic deployment support in Java WS Core
- JBOSS 4.0.x support in Java WS Core
- An implementation of WS-ServiceGroup added to C WS Core
- C command-line tools for WSRF operations
- Support for GetResourceProperties and QueryResourceProperties in the Delegation Service
- Added support for the OGSA-AuthZ Authorization Service to CAS
- Server-side attribute-based authorization framework enhancements
- Support for a pluggable Policy Decision Point (PDP) designed to minimize common authorization errors
- Enhanced security descriptor framework
- A Web service interface for the Replica Location Service (RLS)
- Improved data service resource support in OGSA-DAI
- Improved support for multiple TriggerRules in the Trigger Service
- Improved configuration interface for the Trigger Service
- Java API to assist in creating resource properties from external information sources
- A new resource manager (RM) adapter API in GRAM4
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