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[http://www.gcube-system.org '''gCube'''] is the '''''Software System''''' designed and implemented to enable the building and operation of a '''''Service Oriented Infrastructure''''' supporting the definition of '''''[[Virtual Research Environment|Virtual Research Environments]]''''' (VREs). Moreover, it is equipped with a rich array of "mediators" making it possible the exploitation of services and facilities offered by others infrastructures including:
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* the largest Grid infrastructure currently existing, i.e. the infrastructure operated by [http://www.egi.eu/ European Grid Initiative (EGI)] (formerly operated by [http://www.eu-egee.org European Grid for E-sciencE project (EGEE)]);
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A ''Service Oriented Infrastructures'' is an infrastructure developed according to the Service Orientation principles, this reflects in facilities for the re-usability and dynamic allocation of the resources forming the infrastructure itself. A ''Virtual Research Environment'' is the materialization of a very ''flexible'' and ''agile'' application development model based on the notion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_Service Software as a Service (SaaS)] in which components may be bound instantly, just at the time they are needed and then the binding may be discarded. According to it, user communities are enabled to define their own applications by simply selecting the application constituents (the services, the collections, the machines) among the pool of resources made available through the infrastructure. The cost of operating each defined VRE is completely outsourced to the infrastructure that by applying ''economies of scale'' to the operation of the applications (sharing and re-use) can offer better, cheaper and more reliable applications than single communities can themselves.
  
[http://www.gcube-system.org gCube] is the '''''Software System''''' designed and implemented to enable the building and operation of a ''Service Oriented Infrastructure'' supporting the definition of '''''Virtual Research Environments''''' (VREs). Moreover, because of the integration with [http://glite.web.cern.ch gLite], such system is capable to exploit and simplify the access to the largest Grid infrastructure currently existing, i.e. the one operated by the [http://www.eu-egee.org European Grid for E-sciencE project (EGEE)]. A Service Oriented Infrastructures is an infrastructure developed according to the Service Orientation principles, this reflects in facilities for the reusability and dynamic allocation of the resources forming the infrastructure itself. A Virtual Research Environment is the materialisation of a very ''flexible'' and ''agile'' application development model based on the notion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_Service Software as a Service (SaaS)] in which components may be bound instantly, just at the time they are needed and then the binding may be discarded. According to it, user communities are enabled to define their own applications by simply selecting the application constituents (the services, the collections, the machines) among the pool of resources made available through the infrastructure. The cost of operating each defined VRE is completely outsourced to the infrastructure that by applying ''economies of scale'' to the operation of the applications (sharing and re-use) can offer better, cheaper and more reliable applications than single communities can themselves.
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This system has been implemented with the support of the European Commission in the context of a series of projects:
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/206341_en.html AGINFRA PLUS] - Accelerating user-driven e-infrastructure innovation in Food Agriculture (2017-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 731001);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/198301_en.html BlueBRIDGE] - Building Research environments for fostering Innovation, Decision making, Governance and Education to support Blue growth (2015-2018 - EU Grant agreement No. 675680);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/86427_en.html D4Science] - DIstributed colLaboratories Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology for Science (2008-2009 - EU Grant agreement No. 212488);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/99194_en.html D4Science-II] - Data Infrastructure Ecosystem for Science (2009-2011 - EU Grant agreement No. 239019);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/71926_en.html DILIGENT] - A DIgital Library Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology (2004-2007 - EU Grant agreement No. 004260);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/194937_en.html EGI-Engage] - Engaging the EGI Community towards an Open Science Commons (2015-2017 - EU Grant agreement No. 654142);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/101244_en.html ENVRI] - Common Operations of Environmental Research Infrastructures (2011- 2014 - EU Grant agreement No. 283465);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/194947_en.html ENVRI PLUS] - Environmental Research Infrastructures Providing Shared Solutions for Science and Society (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654182);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/99564_en.html EUBrazilOpenBio] - EU-Brazil Open Data and Cloud Computing e-Infrastructure for Biodiversity (2011-2013 - EU Grant agreement No. 288754);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/99770_en.html iMarine] - Data e-Infrastructure Initiative for Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources (2011-2014 - EU Grant agreement No. 283644);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/194932_en.html PARTHENOS] - Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654119);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/210496_en.html PerformFISH] - Consumer driven Production: Integrating Innovative Approaches for Competitive and Sustainable Performance across the Mediterranean Aquaculture Value Chain (2017-2022 - EU Grant agreement No. 727610);
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* [https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/197882_en.html SoBigData] - SoBigData Research Infrastructure (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654024).
  
This system has been implemented with the support of the European Commission in the context of the [http://www.diligentproject.org DILIGENT] (2004-2007) and [http://www.d4science.eu D4Science] (2008-ongoing) projects.
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Some details on the specific developments are reported [[GCube_Development | here]].
  
The rest of this Wiki is dedicated to provide pointers to various information on this system including  
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The rest of this Wiki is dedicated to provide pointers to various information on this system including:
* the current status of the software development, progression of source code over time, the results of the latest build and integration activities
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* [[GCube Features | distinguishing features]] devised to provide the reader with a feature-based characterisation of the system offerings;
* [[Documentation|the guides specifically developed to serve the needs of three key players, i.e. end-users, system administrators and application developers]].
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* [[GCube Documentation|documentation and guides]] specifically developed to serve the needs of three key players, i.e. end-users, system administrators and application developers.

Revision as of 16:09, 4 July 2018

gCube is the Software System designed and implemented to enable the building and operation of a Service Oriented Infrastructure supporting the definition of Virtual Research Environments (VREs). Moreover, it is equipped with a rich array of "mediators" making it possible the exploitation of services and facilities offered by others infrastructures including:

A Service Oriented Infrastructures is an infrastructure developed according to the Service Orientation principles, this reflects in facilities for the re-usability and dynamic allocation of the resources forming the infrastructure itself. A Virtual Research Environment is the materialization of a very flexible and agile application development model based on the notion of Software as a Service (SaaS) in which components may be bound instantly, just at the time they are needed and then the binding may be discarded. According to it, user communities are enabled to define their own applications by simply selecting the application constituents (the services, the collections, the machines) among the pool of resources made available through the infrastructure. The cost of operating each defined VRE is completely outsourced to the infrastructure that by applying economies of scale to the operation of the applications (sharing and re-use) can offer better, cheaper and more reliable applications than single communities can themselves.

This system has been implemented with the support of the European Commission in the context of a series of projects:

  • AGINFRA PLUS - Accelerating user-driven e-infrastructure innovation in Food Agriculture (2017-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 731001);
  • BlueBRIDGE - Building Research environments for fostering Innovation, Decision making, Governance and Education to support Blue growth (2015-2018 - EU Grant agreement No. 675680);
  • D4Science - DIstributed colLaboratories Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology for Science (2008-2009 - EU Grant agreement No. 212488);
  • D4Science-II - Data Infrastructure Ecosystem for Science (2009-2011 - EU Grant agreement No. 239019);
  • DILIGENT - A DIgital Library Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology (2004-2007 - EU Grant agreement No. 004260);
  • EGI-Engage - Engaging the EGI Community towards an Open Science Commons (2015-2017 - EU Grant agreement No. 654142);
  • ENVRI - Common Operations of Environmental Research Infrastructures (2011- 2014 - EU Grant agreement No. 283465);
  • ENVRI PLUS - Environmental Research Infrastructures Providing Shared Solutions for Science and Society (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654182);
  • EUBrazilOpenBio - EU-Brazil Open Data and Cloud Computing e-Infrastructure for Biodiversity (2011-2013 - EU Grant agreement No. 288754);
  • iMarine - Data e-Infrastructure Initiative for Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources (2011-2014 - EU Grant agreement No. 283644);
  • PARTHENOS - Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654119);
  • PerformFISH - Consumer driven Production: Integrating Innovative Approaches for Competitive and Sustainable Performance across the Mediterranean Aquaculture Value Chain (2017-2022 - EU Grant agreement No. 727610);
  • SoBigData - SoBigData Research Infrastructure (2015-2019 - EU Grant agreement No. 654024).

Some details on the specific developments are reported here.

The rest of this Wiki is dedicated to provide pointers to various information on this system including:

  • distinguishing features devised to provide the reader with a feature-based characterisation of the system offerings;
  • documentation and guides specifically developed to serve the needs of three key players, i.e. end-users, system administrators and application developers.