<s>
CDDLM	B-Operating_System
(	O
Configuration	B-General_Concept
Description	O
,	O
Deployment	O
,	O
and	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
Specification	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Global	O
Grid	O
Forum	O
standard	O
for	O
the	O
management	O
,	O
deployment	O
and	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
of	O
Grid	O
Service	O
lifecycles	O
or	O
inter-organization	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
this	O
API	B-Application
was	O
done	O
through	O
the	O
Global	O
Grid	O
Forum	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
model	O
of	O
IETF	O
standard	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
edited	O
by	O
D	O
.	O
Bell	O
,	O
T	O
.	O
Kojo	O
,	O
P	O
.	O
Goldsack	O
,	O
S	O
.	O
Loughran	O
,	O
D	O
.	O
Milojicic	O
,	O
S	O
.	O
Schaefer	O
,	O
J	O
.	O
Tatemura	O
,	O
and	O
P	O
.	O
Toft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-Application
administration	I-Application
in	O
a	O
distributed	O
environment	O
with	O
diverse	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
software	O
,	O
patch	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
imposed	O
user	O
requirements	O
makes	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
deploy	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
describe	O
services	O
and	O
software	B-General_Concept
configuration	I-General_Concept
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grid	O
service	O
requests	O
may	O
require	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
standard	O
provided	O
a	O
framework	O
which	O
described	O
a	O
language	B-Language
and	O
methods	O
that	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
describe	O
system	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
move	O
system	O
,	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
towards	O
desired	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
endpoints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
it	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
real	O
attempt	O
to	O
address	O
system	B-Application
administration	I-Application
issues	O
within	O
a	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDDLM	B-Operating_System
is	O
to	O
grids	O
,	O
as	O
CFEngine	B-Protocol
for	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
