Using web services to access computational grids by non-members of the grid

摘要

A method, system, and computer program product for allowing a non-member device to access a computational grid. A set of web services is created to provide a port through which a user can access a computational grid using a non-member device. The web services are created using an XML based workflow definition language, such as Web Services Flow Language (WSFL) to provide access to one or more computational grids. A server accepts a user request via a web browser, uses the XML based workflow definition language such as WSFL to create a web service to identify the correct grid or grids that would provided the requested resource, identify an available member of the chosen grid, and create a request that can be processed by the grid member operating within the grid protocols. Once the grid member has obtained the requested solution, the solution is returned to the web service and then supplied to the non-member device.