Page History

Current Status

Preparing for public release of version 1.0.

The GREN Mapping team is seeking contributors. Please get in touch.

Previous

Project and implementation requirements (stories, prioritization) gathered and approved.

Interchange format & implicit data model "GRENML" draft approved; under revision.

Prototype GRENML Python support library drafted, not yet released publicly.

Prototype map visualisation, based on the GÉANT Map, prepared and presented at TNC19 to general interest.

Distributed database implementation plan proposed and approved.

Request for participation published and distributed.

Development under way, led by CANARIE, with assistance from RNP.

GRENML Python input/output library released, installable via PIP.

Alpha versions of standalone distributed database nodes and map visualisation display have been demoed worldwide.

Progress Log

(Meetings are held approximately bi-weekly, in English.)

Monday, October 29, 2018 14:00 UTC via Zoom - Meeting Notes

Special User Stories Review: Monday, November 5, 2018 13:00 UTC via Zoom\ — Meeting Notes

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 13:00 UTC via Zoom — Meeting Notes

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 13:00 UTC via Zoom — Meeting Notes

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 13:00 UTC via Zoom — Meeting Notes

Status:

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   A meeting is planned to be had but it has not been scheduled yet

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   The meeting has been scheduled but has not taken place yet

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   The scheduled meetings as cancelled, postponed or rescheduled

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   The meeting took place

Date	Description	Status	Meeting Notes
29 Oct 2018	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
05 Nov 2018	Special User Stories Review via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
20 Nov 2018	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
04 Dec 2018	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
18 Dec 2018	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
17 Jun 2019	Project

June 17, 2019 — project

introduction and progress presented informally at TNC19

June 19, 2019 — update

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19 Jun 2019	Update to GNA-G; this WG now reporting as GNA-G WG

Tuesday, 2 July, 2019; 12:00 UTC via Zoom — Meeting Notes

Tuesday, 13 August, 2019 12:00 UTC and Tuesday, 20 August, 2019 12:00 UTC via Zoom — mid-summer checkpoint meetings

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 12:00 UTC via Zoom — meeting signalling resumption of activities

Status colour Green title Done
02 Jul 2019	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
13 Aug 2019	Mid-summer checkpoint meetings	Status colour Green title Done
20 Aug 2019	Mid-summer checkpoint meetings	Status colour Green title Done
24 Sep 2019	Meeting signalling resumption of activities	Status colour Green title Done
01 Oct 2019	Presentation

Tuesday, 1 October 2019 12:00 UTC via Zoom — meeting; presentation

of CANARIE's implementation design proposal

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 12:00 UTC via Zoom — meeting (rescheduled from 15 Oct due to technical problems); second

Status colour Green title Done
15 Oct 2019	Rescheduled due to technical problems	Status subtle true colour Red title cancelled
22 Oct 2019	Second presentation of implementation design proposal, fielding questions

	Status colour Green title Done
29 Oct 2019	Design

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 13:00 UTC via Zoom — meeting; design

proposal implicitly accepted by lack of objections

Tuesday, 12 November 2019 13:00 UTC via Zoom — touchpoint meeting

Tuesday, 13 November 2019 —

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12 Nov 2019	Touchpoint meeting	Status colour Green title Done
13 Nov 2019	Ryan Davies met with John Macauley to review GRENML draft specification; some course correction is suggested

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 13:00 UTC via Zoom — touchpoint meeting

Confirm date – Tuesday, 13 November 2019 – 13th is a Wed not a Tue	Status colour Green title Done
26 Nov 2019	Touchpoint meeting	Status colour Green title Done
05 Dec 2019	Initial

Thursday 5 December 2019 via Zoom — initial

chat with GÉANT regarding potential development participation

Wednesday 11 December 2019 — update

Status colour Green title Done
11 Dec 2019	Update to GNA-G

Tuesday 17 December 2019 14:00 UTC via Zoom — meeting

Status colour Green title Done
17 Dec 2019	Meeting; connection details circulated via e-mail	Status colour Green title Done
19 Jan 2021	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
02 Feb 2021	via Zoom	Status colour Green title Done	Meeting Notes
16 Feb 2021	vai Zoom	Status colour Green title Done
02 Mar 2021

Resources

• Released Documents and Presentations

• WG Documents in Progress

• WG Meetings and Notes
• Background documents

Existing Maps

This is not an exclusive exhaustive list.  It is recognised that most networks have a static or dynamic map.  We have identified the following examples as a cross-section in order to gather initial requirements for our efforts:

• GÉANT Interactive map:
  http://map.geant.org/
• GLIF map (static, artist-rendered):
  https://www.glif.is/publications/maps/GLIF2017_World_2k_9-21.jpg
• Global Research Map:
  https://globalresearchmap.org/ 
• GNA Phase I compliancy map (static, artist-rendered):
  https://gna-re.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GNA-CI-GXPs-and-links-29-May-2017.jpg
• TeleGeography map:
  https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
• NetSage:
  https://portal.netsage.global/
• TeleGeography
  https://global-internet-map-2021.telegeography.com/