Workpackage Objectives

Technology Foundations Interoperability Grid Economics Higher Level Services Applications Standards Dissemination & Exploitation Management Collaboration

WP 1 - Technology Foundations

• Extend the UNICORE infrastructure to meet the fundamental requirements of current applications.
• Incorporate an "explicit trust" delegation mechanism into Unicore/GS and integrate this with emerging standards on security and authorisation
• Provide a flexible service construction framework, turning Unicore/GS into a 'Generic Service Portal'.
• Extend the UNICORE Client to utilize Web Services for all transactions with the server components, and to offer grid-service style extension interfaces.
• Provide a deployment and testing infrastructure that addresses the dual needs of user support and developer feedback.
• Provide light weight Certification Authority and Virtual Organisation Management.

WP 2 - Interoperability

• Provide two-way interoperability of Unicore/GS (using WP1 results) and a foreign Grid system, most probably Globus Toolkit version 4
• Produce an ontology for a number of resource models, e.g. CIM, GLUE, UNICORE· Extend the GRIP resource broker to work across Grids and integrate with the Unicore/GS front end and server
• Design and integrate a pragmatic cross authentication mechanism that works between Unicore/GS and the foreign system

WP 3 - Grid Economics

• Develop a standard interface to brokering as a Web Service· Develop a broker that can handle economic information

WP 4 - Higher Level Services

• Develop tools for scientific visualisation and steering. Integration of the VISIT solution with the OGSA framework
• Extend interactive access to the remote connection service with session management· Develop mechanisms and tools to access remote instruments. Integrate measurements with computations
• Develop file transfer service including data filter based on the existing protocols and standards.
• Provide tools and mechanisms to access to distributed data. Integrate existing solutions with the OGSA infrastructure

WP 5 - Applications

• Deployment of test beds using the middleware and the services developed in WP1 to WP4 to demonstrate the new capabilities
• Prove the UniGrids concepts using applications from life and earth sciences
• Reengineer one industrial application using the Grid Services approach

WP 6- Standards

• Objectives (Standardisation)
• Influence the standardisation process for selected Grid standards
• Promote European research results
• Leverage member participation in standards organisations (GGF, OASIS, IETF, W3C)

WP 7 - Dissemination & Exploitation

• Offer Unicore/GS to other projects and solicit their feedback
• Strong links to other projects
• Maintain web presence
• Wider uptake of UniGrids results
• Maintain a presence at relevant conferences and exhibitions
• Make software available outside the project via website
• Unicore/GS tutorials at major conferences and via AccessGrid
• Pilot offering and dissemination of Unicore/GS based services
• Support and Maintenance for Unicore/GS pilot environments

WP 8 - Management

• Goal-oriented scientific, administrative and financial management of UniGrids
• Quality assurance for project deliverables and outputs
• Organisation of regular project meetings and management board meetings
• Organisation of regular reviews
• Timely submission of project deliverables
• Risk assessment and management
• Impact assessment and its results, achievements and strategies to increase impact.

WP 9 - Collaboration

• exploit synergies / technical concertation
• build joint forums for exchange and dissemination
• Co-ordinate of standardisation efforts
• set up a repository of reference implementations and Grid middleware
• collaborate on research inventories and roadmaps
• define indicators for measuring projects and impact assessment
• offer training activities of all Grid related projects in the 6th Framework Programme.
  

 

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