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WP5 Status Update

This update provides information on the goals and responsibilities of ETICS, the team composition, project deliverables and milestones, dissemination efforts, relationships with other work packages and external projects, risk assessment, and current status of the web application.

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WP5 Status Update

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  1. WP5 Status Update ETICS All Hands – 29-31 May 2006 Marc-Elian Bégin ETICS WP5 Leader CERN

  2. Content • Reminder of WP5 goals • Work package status • Planning ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  3. Team composition • The WP5 team is complete: WP5 Leader CERN Marc-Elian Bégin WP5 Deputy Engineering Andrea Manieri WP5 Quality Assurance Engineering Stefano De Panfilis Marianna Borriello and others WP5 Web App Engineering Paolo Fabriani Alessendro Tomei ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  4. Goals and responsibilities: Objectives • Disseminate project results and organise dissemination and training events • Promote awareness about the need for quality in research projects software development activities • Investigate and collaborate with similar initiatives to the definition, applicability and scope of quality assurance policies and standards • Investigate the feasibility of a certification process for software developed by research projects and outline a roadmap for its implementation • Set up the project portal for the wide aggregation of user community and to supply the ETICS services ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  5. Goals and responsibilities: Deliverables Deliverables ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  6. Goals and responsibilities: Milestones Milestones ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  7. ETICS graphical identity • We exists… in colours  ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  8. Dissemination • Web Search • Google and Yahoo show ETICS portal first for • ‘ETICS’ • ‘Grid Quality Process’ • ETICS in the news • Feature in Science Grid This Week • (re-print in) Grid Today • Details in: http://etics.web.cern.ch/etics/dissemination/dissemination_articles.htm#Articles ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  9. Dissemination (2) • Past events • EGEE User Forum • 3ème Cycle Romand d'Informatique • EGEE JRA1 All-Hands meeting • DILIGENT Technical Coordination meeting • e-Infrastructure Reflection Group Workshop • Belief brainstorming event: Future Knowledge Infrastructures - Scientific Repositories and content management over the grid • Condor Week • Global Grid Forum 17 • Details in: http://etics.web.cern.ch/etics/dissemination/dissemination_events.htm#Events ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  10. Dissemination (3) • Future events • HP Event: CERN openlab/EGEE/ETICS gLite Industry Readiness Workshop • International Grid Summer School on Grid Computing • EGEE (training event?) • Suggestions are welcome ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  11. Relationships with other WPs • Dissemination and training requires by definition interactions with all WPs, and • Will first be tested on the ETICS team • Almost there… need to close the loop!! • Since we will Eat our own dog food, the web application will be used by all WPs • Web interface is client of the web service build-system (WP3) and the testing (WP4) • Good work done with WP3 • Would like more interactions with WP4 • Community portal provides a forum for ETICS partners and users • Is this useful? Do you need more? ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  12. Relationships with external projects • EU-OMII • Will be member of the ETICS board of experts • Collaboration are being put in place such that the EU-OMII middleware is build and tested using the ETICS Service • BELIEF • Will work together on joint Quality Assurance events • GGF • Presented ETICS’s certification and QA ideas during GGF17. • Need to define clear participation for new GGF group, if agreed, for GGF18 • ICEAGE • Collaborate and participate in training events • Other • NESSI, C-OMEGA, etc ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  13. Risk assessment • Definition of the ETICS Quality Certification Processis not clearly defined • Mitigation: involve the Board of Experts, to guide the scope to the certification • The composition of the Board of Experts has to be representative of future stake-holders of the ETICS certification process • HP event is a first step in identifying Board Members ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  14. Projects by-in • Meetings and discussions with various projects • EGEE gLite 3.x (see dedicated presentation) • EGEE Certification (see dedicated presentation) • CERN IT/AIS • CERN IT/FIO (Quattor, Lemon and eventually Castor) • DILIGENT (ENG leading this integration work) • EGEE NA4 testsuite • We need to make sure they get excellent support!! ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  15. Web Application, current status • With WP3, defined use cases for read-only and editing • https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/ETICS/UseCases • In collaboration with WP3, cover most elements in the system • Web application prototype available • Read only use case implemented, integrated with ETICS web service (with WP3) • Full browsing of the ETICS datamodel • Proof of concept for edit usecase (stand alone) available for module editing • Web application points at etics-test.cern.ch and etics.cern.ch. • Feedback required and welcome (Savannah preferred) ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  16. Web Application, planning • Current prototype • Re-harmonisation of web-app layout required, including content and graphics • Need to integrate it in the portal • Implement Edit Use cases - plan • Project editing June 2006 • Create/edit configurations and corresponding July 2006 • commands, properties and environments • Edit subconfigurations July 2006 • Edit configuration dependencies July 2006 • Policy Editing Nov 2006 • Is this timeline acceptable? ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  17. Web Application, planning (2) • Implement Scheduler Service Use cases - plan • Status: Activity has not been started yet • First need use cases • Could target September 2006 • Security • Status: Not yet introduced in the Web Application • Introduce AuthN based on X.509 certificates June 2006 • Issue: requires inteface change to handle Web Application / Web Service AuthN and AuthZ using browser-loaded X.509 certificates July 2006 • Is this timeline acceptable? ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  18. Timeline summary • June 2006 • AuthN based on X.509 • Project editing • July 2006 • Configuration Editing with AuthN and AuthZ • September 2006 • Build Scheduler Service • November 2006 • Policy Editing • December 2006 • First ETICS Prototype • Missing: report engine! ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

  19. Conclusion • Work Package 5 on track • Visibility and recognition of ETICS project strong and healthy • Require more dissemination material produced • Poster • Flyer • Web application development on time, no show stoppers, but challenging schedule • We need your feedback ETICS All Hands - Budapest - 29-31 May 2006

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