摘要
AthenaisthecommonframeworkusedbytheATLASexperimentforsimulation,reconstruction,andanalysis,Bydesign,Athenasupportsmultiplepersistenceservices,andinsulatesusersfromtechnology-specificpersistencedetails.AthenausersandevenmostAthenapackagedevelopersshouldneitherknownorcarewhetherdatacomefromthegridorfromlocalfilesystems.norwhetherdataresideinobjectdatabases,inROOTorZEBRAfiles,orinASCIIfiles.InthispaperwedescribehowAthenaapplicationsmaytransparentlytakeadvantageofemergingservicesprovidedbygridsoftwaretoday-howdatageneratedbyAtheajobsareregisteredingridreplicacatalogsandothercollectionmanagementservices,andthemeansbywhichinputdataareidentifiedandlocatedinagrid-awarecollectionmanagementenvironment.Weoutlineanevolutionarypathtowardincorporationofgrid-basedvirtualdataservices,wherebylocatingdatamaybereplacedbylocatingarecipeaccordingtowhichthatdtamaybegenerated.Severalimplementationscenarios,rangingfromlowlevelgridcatalogservices(e.g.,fromGlobus)throughhigher-levelservicessuchastheGridDataManagementPilot(underdevelopmentaspartoftheEuropeanDataGridporject,incollaboration,withtheParticlePhysicsDataGrid)tomoreconventionaldatabaseservices,andacommonarchitecturetosupportthesevariousscenarios,arealsodescribed.
出版日期
2001年01月11日（中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
