| 57 | Every task submitted to the system has to be described in a formal way. The current section describes the QCG-Simple format which is recommended and sufficient for most tasks. The format does not allow to describe more sophisticated scenarios like workflows, parameter sweep tasks, parallel tasks with topologies. Such scenarios are supported by the XML format called QCG-JobProfile. |
| 58 | The QCG-Simple description format is similar to the concept used in queueing systems. |
| 59 | The document submitted to be processed by the system is an script with QCG directives and invocation of user code. |
| 60 | The QCG directives inform the system how to process the task (eg. about resource requirements and input/output files and directories). |
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