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Revision as of 14:01, 25 February 2011

From Term Abbreviation Definition Notes Status
SPG Acceptable Use Policy AUP A policy describing the terms and conditions applicable to use of the Grid.
SPG Accounting Data Centre ADC An entity that stores both local and non-local accounting data
SPG Accounting record An individual entry in an accounting database relating to one Grid job
SPG Anonymous web user A Web User who does not provide unique credentials to the Portal when invoking functionality
SPG Application Community A community of users connected by a shared discipline or project
SPG Classic CA A Certification Authority accredited by the IGTF according to the "Classic" Authentication Profile (URL)
SPG Data Privacy The privacy aspects of any data relating to personal information
SPG Distinguished Name DN The name of the subject to which a public key is bound in a certificate
SPG Grid Any project or operational infrastructure which uses grid technologies and decides to adopt a policy to which this glossary pertains
SPG Grid AUP The AUP applying to all Grid users, not to be confused with the VO AUP
SPG Grid Deployment Team An entity responsible for Grid operations
SPG Grid resource information system A service containing information about Grid resources
SPG Grid Security Officer A named individual responsible for operational security of the Grid
SPG Grid Security Operations The team providing the operational security capability for the Grid
SPG Identified web user A Web User that provides authenticated personal identification to the Portal when invoking functionality, but whose credentials and way of authentication are not necessarily compatible or equivalent with Grid authentication.
SPG Incident response The process of responding to a security incident
SPG International Grid Trust Federation IGTF The organisation responsible for the coordination of the Grid trust fabric (URL).
SPG MICS CA A Certification Authority accredited by the IGTF according to the Member Integrated Credential Services Authentication Profile (URL)
SPG Multi User Pilot Job MUPJ A pilot job which pulls down workload belonging to a different user than the owner of the pilot job
SPG Pilot Job A place-holder Grid job which pulls down the real workload at execution time
SPG Portal A web site or web-based service that provides functionality to Web Users via web-specific applications
SPG Pseudonymous web user A verifiably-human Web User that provides authenticated non-identifying information to the Portal when invoking functionality.
SPG Registrar An individual responsible for collecting and maintaining information about a person registering as a Grid user
SPG Resource The equipment and software required to run a service on the Grid, and any data held on the service
SPG Resource Administrator The person responsible for installing, operating, maintaining and supporting one or more resource(s) at a site
SPG Robot A software agent that performs automatic functions
SPG Security Incident The actual or suspected violation of an explicit or implied security policy
SPG Service Any computing or software system, based on grid technologies, which provides access to, information about or controls resources
SPG Site An entity having administrative control of resources provided to the Grid. This may be at one physical location or spread across multiple physical locations
SPG Site Manager An individual responsible for Grid operations at a Site
SPG SLCS CA A Certification Authority accredited by the IGTF according to the Short Lived Credential Services Authentication Profile (URL)
SPG Strongly identified web user A Grid User that provides authenticated identification to the Portal when invoking functionality, that allows the portal to authenticate to the Grid Resources with valid Grid credentials specific to the Grid User.
SPG User An individual who has been given authority to access and use Grid resources
SPG Virtual Organisation A grouping of users and optionally resources, often not bound to a single institution, who, by reason of their common membership and in sharing a common goal, are given authority to use a set of resources