Integrating Repositories into Grid Infrastructure
Markus Buchhorn · ANU Open Research (Australian National University) · 2006
Vary over time as we learn things Vary over time as we value things Data needs to be reprocessed How does that impact the existing stored data?Workflows themselves become part of the metadata and need to be stored and managed Geo, Bio, ESS, Astro, Ling, SS, Arch, Fin, Mus. Data Movement Performance vs political requirements Mirroring/Caching; federated repositories Movement across policy boundariesCollision with authorisation Some data cannot move from its host (in bulk) Appropriate Delivery needs Remote/field access to data Clients in a different 'circle' Bandwidth, compute, language, culture Movement Protocols Access protocols and inter-repository protocols One standard is great -ten are not Resource discoveryGeo, HEP, Ling, SS, Arch, Fin, Mus. RightsNeeds AAA to be working, to scale Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting Requires identities and roles and policies to be understood Privacy, Security