GCube Features

gCube is a complex system offering a number of features which are summarized below. These pages are expected to be produced by relying on this template.

In addition to facilities, a number of applications will be developed, namely by combining these facilities in predefined workflows. These might stem from WP6 activities. These applications will be described through the same template proposed for the Subsystem Specification Template.

Features are described via a number of diverse views including:

• a Functionality-oriented View where facilities are grouped according to a logically layered-oriented view including core facilities, data management facilities, data consumption facilities;
• a Domain-oriented View where facilities are grouped according to the domain they are serving, e.g. geospatial data management facilities.

Functionality-oriented View

Core facilities

• Data e-Infrastructure Management Facilities (Feb. '12)
• Data e-Infrastructure Policy-oriented Security Facilities (Feb. '12)
• Workflow Management Facilities (Apr. '12)

Data Management Facilities

• Data Access and Storage Facilities (Feb. '12)
• Data Transfer Facilities (Apr. '12)
• Data Assessment, Harmonisation, and Certification Facilities (Apr. '12)

Data Consumption Facilities

• Data Retrieval Facilities (Feb. '12)
• Data Manipulation Facilities (Apr. '12)
• Data Mining Facilities (Oct. '12)
• Data Visualisation Facilities (Oct. '12)
• Semantic Data Analysis Facilities (Apr. '12)

Application Programming Interface

• Data Management APIs (Jun. '12)
• Data Consumption APIs (Aug. '12)

Domain-oriented View

Biodiversity Data Facilities

• Data Management
  • Includes Biodiversity Access, Occurrence Data Reconciliation, Occurrence Data Enrichment Service, Taxon Names Reconciliation Service

Geospatial Data Facilities

• Geospatial Data Discovery (Apr '12)
• Geospatial Data Processing (Apr '12)
• Geospatial Data Visualization (May '12)