No. 81 (00201)

Family name : Moloney
Given name : Glenn
Affiliation : University of Melbourne
Abbreviation : 
E-mail address : glenn@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Title : A Data Grid Environment and Testbed for the Analysis of Data
        from the Belle Experiment
Authors : Glenn R. Moloney, Lyle J. Winton, Steven Melnikoff, 
          Rajkumar Buyya, Andrew Wendelborn, Paul Coddington
Abstract : 
A data grid testbed has been constructed for the development of a
data analysis and Monte Carlo production framework for the Belle
experiment. The testbed is based on the Globus toolkit version 2.4 and
is a multi-institution collaboration of physicists and computer
scientists in Australia.

A software framework is being developed for the convenient handling of
the Belle data sets, including a direct interface between the Belle
analysis software library, BASF, and the data files distributed on the
Belle data grid testbed. The system incorporates a data-description
interface for the convenient handling of data by physicists in the
Belle collaboration.

Though under continuing development, the testbed is in active use for
the generation of monte carlo simulated data, and analysis of the
generated data sets.

We will present the status and future plans for the Belle data grid
testbed in Australia, and our software environment for grid-based
analysis of Belle data.