GCube Integration and Interoperability Facilities Development

The goal of this activity is to lay the foundations towards Integration and Interoperability for supporting the exploitation of the gCube-based Data e-Infrastructure facilities by other neighbouring and external ones. These activities include the definition of the Integration and Interoperability Frameworks of gCube and the establishment of a methodology for their evolution.

Methodology

A specific methodology has been defined to drive the whole activity (Methodology).

Such methodology is based on a number of Working Groups.

Work plan

The following plan reflects the complete plan of activities for the definition of the Integration and Interoperability Framework.

• Activity (Re)Planning and Methodology Definition (Dec. 2011) - DONE: According to the approach of a two-directional definition and development of interoperability framework, the activity has to be re-planned to encompass RTD WPs activity.
• Framework Conceptualization and Work Group Definition (Jan. 2012) - DONE: Conceptualization of framework and its elements and assignment of tasks for analysis to working groups.
• Framework Principles Definition (Feb. 2012) DONE: Definition of principles governing various framework elements.
• RTD WP Assessment #1 (Aug. 2012): Assessment of developments in other RTD WPs for refining the initial concepts.
• Framework Definition (Oct. 2012): Formalization of framework definition in terms procedures and technologies, as a specialization of principles laid out in initial definition.
• RTD WP Assessment #2 (Feb. 2013): Assessment of developments in other RTD WPs for extending and specializing the previous concepts.
• Framework Toolkit Definition (Apr. 2013): Definition of technologies that form integral part of the framework.
• RTD WP Assessment #3 (Oct. 2013): Assessment of developments in other RTD WPs for finalizing the framework.
• Framework Definition Finalization (Dec. 2013): Finalization of framework definition.