SchedSP-WS: adaptation of an application service platform for scheduling solutions to Web services and grid standards

This paper describes the architecture and design evolution of an application-specific service platform following the Web services and grid related developments. The adoption of Web services standards for the various components of a scheduling service provider named SchedSP-WS is the main contribution of this paper. The use of grid standards for the seamless integration of the service provider and the computational infrastructure is also presented.