EGI gateway primer ToC

Current ToC

1. Introduction

• Some background and summary of current status
• Mandate
• Target audience

1. Definitions

• Terms that are necessary to understand what we call a "Science Gateway”
• Distinction between an "enabling technology", a "SG framework", and "SG instance"

1. For SG (framework) developers and maintainers

• What it is their role
• What it is expected from them
• Who are these players in Europe and what are their production and in which maturity level (it could be just a list of pointers to the EGI App Database that is the result of the other Task in our VT)

1. For SG (instance) developers and operators

• What it is their role
• What it is expected from them
• Who are these players in Europe and what are their production and in which maturity level (it could be just a list of pointers to the EGI App Database that is the result of the other Task in our VT)

Other topics agreed to be included:

• Monitoring of portals/gateways
• Comparison of Science Gateway enabling technologies
• EGI.eu policies

These are just some ideas for the primer structure (to be refined later by the VT project):

• Building the gateway
  • Planning and design of gateways
  • Gateways characteristics
  • Enabling technologies

• Connecting to EGI resources
  • VO Portal Policy
  • Job Submission mechanisms (robots, ...)
  • Data storage and file management

• Operations and maintenance practices
  • Integration of web-based gateways in EGI SAM central instance

• Security and accounting
  • Traceability and Logging Policy
  • Grid Security Policy
  • Security Incident Response Policy

• Sustainability

A list of established EGI policies is available in the EGI.eu Policies and procedures webpage. All relevant policies to the primer should be incorporated.