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* Generic QC, for all software
* Generic QC, for all software
* Functional Capabilities QC
* Security Capabilities QC
* Security Capabilities QC
* Operational Capabilities QC  
* Information Capabilities QC
* Storage Capabilities QC
* Data Capabilities QC
* Compute Capabilities QC
* Operations Capabilities QC  


Take into account that a software component may cover QC specified in more than one of those documents.
Take into account that a software product may cover QC specified in more than one of those documents.


=== Deprecated QC ===
=== Deprecated QC ===
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None
None


=== To be deprecated QC ===
=== Covered Capabilities ===
From all capabilities identified in version 2 of [https://documents.egi.eu/document/272 UMD Roadmap], the following are covered:
==== Security Capabilities ====
* Authentication
* Attribute Authority (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EMI/VOMS VOMS] as reference implementation)
* Authorization (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EMI/Argus Argus] as reference implementation)
* Credential Management (using [http://grid.ncsa.illinois.edu/myproxy/ MyProxy] as reference implementation)


None
==== Information Capabilities ====
* Information Model
* Information Discovery


=== Non Covered Capabilities ===
==== Storage Capabilities ====
These capabilities are identified in the [https://documents.egi.eu/secure/ShowDocument?docid=100 UMD RoadMap] but still waiting for EGI Community input for definition, therefore they will not be included in the QC.
* File Encryption/Decryption (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/DMEDS Hydra] as reference implementation)
* File Access
* File Transfer
* File Transfer Scheduling (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EMI/EMIFileTransferSchedulingCapability FTS] as reference implementation)
* Storage Management


==== Functional Capabilities ====
==== Data Capabilities ====
* File Encryption/Decryption
* Data Access (using [http://www.ogsadai.org.uk/ OGSA-DAI] as reference implementation)
* Metadata Catalogue (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EMI/AMGA AMGA] and [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LCG/DataManagementTop#LFC_and_DPM LFC] as reference implementations)


: Sensitive data needs to be stored securely. Before being stored in a remote file store the file may need to be encrypted and then on retrieval de-encrypted before use. The capability should also provide solutions relating to the storage of the keys needed to perform these tasks.
==== Compute Capabilities ====
* Job Execution
* Parallel Job
* Job Scheduling (using [http://web.infn.it/gLiteWMS/ WMS] as reference implementation)


* Metadata Catalogue
==== Operations Capabilities ====
: The metadata catalogue is used to store and query information relating to the data (files, databases, etc.) stored within the production infrastructure.
* Monitoring
* Accounting (using [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EMI/APELClient APEL] as reference implementation)


* Database Access
=== Non Covered Capabilities ===
: Many communities are moving to the use of structured data stored in relational databases. These need to be accessible for controlled use by remote users as any other e-Infrastructure resource.
Several capabilities identified in the UMD Roadmap are still missing the Quality Criteria due to lack of a clear reference implementation or missing requirements from the EGI community. Most of the missing capabilities are introduced in the last UMD roadmap version.
 
* File Transfer Scheduling
: The bandwidth linking resource sites is a resource that needs to be managed in the same way compute resources at a site are accessed through a job scheduler. By being able to schedule wide area data transfers, requests can be prioritised and managed. This would include the capability to monitor and restart transfers as required.
 
* Remote Instrumentation
: Instruments are data sources frequently encountered within e-Infrastructures. As part of a distributed computing architecture providing remote access to manage and monitor these instruments is becoming increasingly important within some communities.


* Messaging
* Interactive Job Management
* Workflow
* Workflow
: The ability to define, initiate, manage and monitor a workflow is a key capability across many user communities. It is also a capability that can be deployed by a user or a user community (i.e. it does not need to be a service provided as part of the core infrastructure) but the various workflow systems may have requirements that need to be supported within the core infrastructure.
==== Operational Capabilities ====
* Virtual Image Management
: As virtual machine images become the default approach to providing the environment for both jobs and services, increased effort is needed on building the trust model around the distribution of images. Resource providers will need a mechanism for images to be distributed, cached and trusted for execution on their sites.
* Virtual Machine Management
* Virtual Machine Management
: The core functionality is for authorized users to manage the virtual machine life-cycle and configuration on a remote site (i.e. start, stop, pause, etc.) Machine images would be selected from a trusted repository at the site that would be configured according to site policy. Together this would allow site managers to determine both who could control the virtual machines running on their sites and who generated the images used on their site.
* Virtual Machine Image Format
* Image Distribution
* Remote Instrumentation
* Client API


* Messaging
The Quality Criteria Task will continue the process of defining the missing capabilities for the next release of the QC.
: Within distributed systems, a message ‘bus’ provides a reliable mechanism for data items to be sent between producers and (multiple) consumers. Such a capability, once established, can be reused by many different software services.

Revision as of 17:05, 8 February 2011

QC Release Notes

These release notes describe the first release of the Quality Criteria for UMD software that is expected to be delivered in early February 2011.

Documents

The Quality Criteria (QC) can be found in the QC Specification document, there is one document for each type of capability:

  • Generic QC, for all software
  • Security Capabilities QC
  • Information Capabilities QC
  • Storage Capabilities QC
  • Data Capabilities QC
  • Compute Capabilities QC
  • Operations Capabilities QC

Take into account that a software product may cover QC specified in more than one of those documents.

Deprecated QC

None

Covered Capabilities

From all capabilities identified in version 2 of UMD Roadmap, the following are covered:

Security Capabilities

  • Authentication
  • Attribute Authority (using VOMS as reference implementation)
  • Authorization (using Argus as reference implementation)
  • Credential Management (using MyProxy as reference implementation)

Information Capabilities

  • Information Model
  • Information Discovery

Storage Capabilities

  • File Encryption/Decryption (using Hydra as reference implementation)
  • File Access
  • File Transfer
  • File Transfer Scheduling (using FTS as reference implementation)
  • Storage Management

Data Capabilities

  • Data Access (using OGSA-DAI as reference implementation)
  • Metadata Catalogue (using AMGA and LFC as reference implementations)

Compute Capabilities

  • Job Execution
  • Parallel Job
  • Job Scheduling (using WMS as reference implementation)

Operations Capabilities

  • Monitoring
  • Accounting (using APEL as reference implementation)

Non Covered Capabilities

Several capabilities identified in the UMD Roadmap are still missing the Quality Criteria due to lack of a clear reference implementation or missing requirements from the EGI community. Most of the missing capabilities are introduced in the last UMD roadmap version.

  • Messaging
  • Interactive Job Management
  • Workflow
  • Virtual Machine Management
  • Virtual Machine Image Format
  • Image Distribution
  • Remote Instrumentation
  • Client API

The Quality Criteria Task will continue the process of defining the missing capabilities for the next release of the QC.