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<big>'''gCube Documentation Wiki'''</big>
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= gCube Wiki =
  
This Wiki provides a central point for collaboration and integration of documentation material concerning the [http://www.gcube-system.org gCube] software platform developed in the context of the [http://www.d4science.org/ D4Science project]. This documentation is a continuing work in progress which evolves together with the evolution of gCube.  
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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 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.
  
The material is organized in three sections:
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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.
  
* [[Administrator's Guide]]
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The rest of this Wiki is dedicated to provide pointers to various information on this system including
 
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* the current status of the software development, progression of source code over time, the results of the latest build and integration activities
* [[User's Guide]]
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* [[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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* [[Developer's Guide]]
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Part of the documentation package for gCube is the [http://ddwiki.di.uoa.gr/documents/CSDesign.pdf CS Design Applet tutorial], which has been developed separately from the Wiki.
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Revision as of 16:17, 9 October 2008

gCube Wiki

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 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 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 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 the DILIGENT (2004-2007) and D4Science (2008-ongoing) projects.

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