Whether for astrophysics, bioinformatics or any other discipline, developing a scientific database application in a distributed computing environment remains a challenging task. Part of this challenge lies in having to make critical choices with respect to the underlying computing technologies and the roles they play in such projects. Emerging Grid technologies are adding further to the choices available to developers. Although the Grid promises significant advances in support of e-Science applications, much of the envisaged infrastructure, including data management, is still under development. The panel will discuss the role of data management in the e-Science process and the integration of database services into a Grid necessary to enable the realisation of this role.
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