Using the semantic Web to automate the operation of a hybrid internetwork

In hybrid internetworks, the plurality of service options and compositions poses several cross-layer operational challenges. The growing popularity of such internetworks among researchers and advanced users - many of which are grid users - warrants a complexity relief effort in support of the internetworks´ continued scalability, all the way to planet scale. This paper proposes the use of semantic Web techniques to automate the processing of networking meta-data in a hybrid internetwork, with the two-fold outcome of raising the degree of confidence in the internetwork and lowering its operating costs. By virtue of latching onto the semantic Web curve, a new breed of power tools - bots, compilers, browsers - will be delivering on the aforementioned outcomes, while fully leveraging COTS and open source building blocks. Furthermore, the investment in the semantic Web is thought to future proof a hybrid internetwork and readies it for times when service metrics other than connectivity (e.g., resiliency, protocol transparency, security etc.) will be evaluated end-to-end. The approach appears to be applicable to the global lambda integrated facility (GLIF) as well as other advanced, experimental communities