White paper overview 1st eIRG meeting June, 10th 2003

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White paper overview1st eIRG meetingJune, 10th
2003

• Fotis Karayannis
• GRNET - Greek Research Technology Network
• fkara_at_grnet.gr, http//www.grnet.gr
• Rome, December 10th, 2003

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Outline

• Background
• The scope of the White Paper
• Methodology
• Grid Architecture-Use model
• Current Practices
• Requirements
• Policy Framework

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Background

• The new environment of the eInfrastructures
• The EU eInfastructure initiative
• Athens, launching the eIRG
• Rome, consolidating the eIRG and defining the
  scope
• Dublin, draft sharing policies? (first draft a
  questionnaire)

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The scope

• Draft current practices and achievements in
  resource access and sharing
• Propose a methodology for a formal identification
  of a policy framework
• Use (or business) model
• Requirements capture and analysis
  (questionnaire?)
• Use cases
• Just a first draft to trigger discussions
• Editorial board on an voluntary basis
• Future support by EGEE Networking Activity 5
  DEISA in the loop

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Methodology
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Grid Architecture-Use model

• Based on the different administrative entities

Application and Service-ware Layer
Users VOs
Middleware Layer
Collective M/W Core M/W Hierarchical OMIIs?
Collective
Non-collective
Resources Layer
Resource Centres
eInfrastructure
Network Layer
GEANT (Regional) NREN Campus
eInfrastructures transparent to application
developers? Focusing first on eScience- Research
and Education environment Use model to be defined
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Use Cases

• Drafted not only for eScience, but also for
  eBusiness
• Not coherent with the rest of the document

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Current practices achievements

• Resource access and sharing standard schemas to
  enable interoperation
• Technical
• Information indexing, AAA, VOMS?
• Administrative-procedural
• Certification procedures, billing, others
• Legal- regulatory
• AUPs, Rights and Liabilities, Violation
  policies-Sanctions
• First input from major Grid projects (EDG, LCG),
  SC centers
• Draw experience from the NREN community

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Requirements

• The purpose was to draft some first requirements
  based on the Editorial board experience
• Formal procedure for the proper identification
  after Rome meeting
• Covering all identified (ch. 2) entities
  requirements (users, providers, etc)
• Propose a Questionnaire?
• Pan-European Resources DB identify sharing
  spirit?

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Policy framework-draft policies

• TBD!