The Use of OGSA-DAI with IBM DB2 Content Manager for Multiplatforms in the eDiaMoND Project

The project has been named eDiaMoND (Digital Mammography National Database) and will be one of the first Grids based on commercially available technology, including state-of-the-art software developed by Mirada Solutions to standardize new and existing mammograms. This paper will discuss some of the challenges faced in creating a Grid for mammography and focuses particularly on the experiences in using OGSA-DAI Grid technology to provide access to the images held in a virtualised data store. In particular we presents our experience of making IBM DB2 Content Manager data sources accessible through OGSA-DAI and what benefits resulted from the use of OGSA-DAI.