DOE2000 Architecture Update 42497

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DOE2000 Architecture Update 4/24/97

• Jim Myers, Deb Agarwal

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DOE2000 RD Projects

• Immediate utility
• 6 month plan
• 3 year project to revolutionary functionality

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DOE2000 Electronic Notebook (LBNL, ORNL, PNNL)

• Shared WWW based access to data and meta-data
• Automation of data/metadata input from
  instruments and calculations
• Querying/ Searching
• Simple, secure access to full datasets
• Interactive input of results into notebook from
  the WWW
• Rich media types (text, images, files, 3D
  structures, voice, animations, video, ...)

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Notebooks / 6 month plan

• Working, extensible notebooks w/
• text, image capture, spreadsheet, sketch,
• UI improvements
• Signing
• Published API for adding editors/viewers
• allows 3rd party (e.g. DOE2000 pilot) tools
• Join CENS Consortium - an industry group working
  to promote commercial notebook development

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A Common Architecture
Advanced Features
Advanced Features
CORBA HTTP JAVA
Notebook Client

Common Notebook Engine
migrated Advanced Features
Data Storage Interface
Data Acquisition Systems (many)
ODB
Files
OPM/Rel
Input interfaces (few)
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DOE2000 Collaboration Management(ANL, PNNL)

• Provide Basic Tools for Real-time collaboration
• Provide an API for adding new tools (instruments,
  problem solving environments, etc.)
• Session Management
• Dynamic choice of floor control policy (open,
  lecture, manual, )

• Shared Browsers
• File Transfer
• Chat Box
• Televiewer
• Audio/Video
• Whiteboard
• Data Notebook
• On-line Instruments

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Collaboration Management 6 mo.

• Decide base platform
• NCSA Habanero
• NPAC Tango
• SUN Collaboration API
• EMSL CORE
• Port Shared Browser, Televiewer, A/V to new
  environment
• Provide/promote API for adding new tools (data
  acquisition, data analysis, )

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DOE2000 Collaboration Interoperability Framework
(ANL, LBNL, PNNL, SNL)

• Promote Interoperability of other RD products
• Identify common needs
• Multicast (reliable, unreliable)
• Person Database
• Security interface
• Common Metadata (notebook, security, PRE objects)
• Evaluate/promote integration technologies
• Java
• CORBA

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CIF 6 months

• Defined multicast API, develop version 1.0
• CORBA knowledge
• Sandia PRE framework
• Mitre DISCUS
• examples for RD projects
• Person LDAP server for EN and CM

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DOE2000
Use tools
Develop tools
Develop Frameworks, APIs