Licence Management related Billing and Accounting

This Common Capability covers the Billing and Accounting of Licences. In order to produce the complete accounting log, information from both the proxy (userID / time-stamp) and the licence server (userID / time-stamp, number of licences, licence features) is required. In addition analogous to any other used resource a mapping from userID to actual user has to be provided.

The actual details of billing and accounting not only are depending on middleware, but also on the underlying business model. Depending on whether licences are owned by the user, the service provider, an external static LSP or even obtained via a grid broker, the exchange and assembly of the actual accounting and billing information will differ.