Agenda

Digital Repositories - Interoperability Using Grid Technologies

Thursday 5 June 2008, Barcelona, Spain - within OGF23

Draft Agenda

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome & Introduction - key objectives and expected outcomes, Chair of the Community Outreach Seminar

09:30 – 10:30 Digital repositories: State of the Art & Future Visions

Introduction: The Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7): Scientific Digital Repositories, Krystyna Marek, "GEANT and e-Infrastructures" Unit of INFSO, European Commission

• Digital Repositories in Research, Andreas Aschenbrenner, TEXT Grid (D-Grid), Goettingen University
• Digital Repositories in Government, (TBC)
• Digital Repositories in Enterprise, Fabrizio Gagliardi, EMEA & LATAM Director Technical Computing, Microsoft

10:30 -11:00 Networking Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 User case studies - Requirements, Standards & Interoperability - Challenges & Solutions.
The presentations will demonstrate the successful implementation of Grids across specific domains with specific reference to how challenges can be tackled.
• Earth Science - GENESI–DR (Ground European Network for Earth Science Interoperations – Digital Repositories); DEGREE (Grid support action for Earth Science), Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency.

• Space Sciences - Domain specific interoperability standards: the Astronomical Virtual Observatory, Francoise Genova, EuroVO-AIDA (Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access), Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France.

• Natural Resource Science - Environmental MONITORING AND  FisherIES and Aquaculture Resource Management, D4Science, Donatella Castelli, ISTI-CNR (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy.

• Humanities - Digital Repositories and Grid Technologies, Mark Hedges, Arts & Humanities e-Support Centre, Centre for e-Research, King’s College, UK.

12:00 – 12:30 Roundtable on User Findings & Recommendations.

12:30 -13:30 Networking Lunch
The Afternoon session explores a number of horizontal issues surrounding Digital Repositories.

14:00 – 16:30 User Case Studies - Implementations of Standards & Interoperability and Data Infrastructures - Challenges & Solutions
• gLibrary/DRI: a grid-based platform to host multiple repositories for digital content, Antonio Calanducci, EGEE (Enabling Grids for EsciencE), INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Italy.
• gCube: a Framework for Controlled Sharing of Data, Services and Computing and Storage Resources, Pasquale Pagano, (ISTI-CNR), Italy.
• Data sharing policies: The International Polar Year Case, Hans Pfeiffenberger, Alfred Wegener Institut, Germany
• Promoting Open Standards for Digital Repository Infrastructures: case study examples and challenges, Flavia Donno, EGEE, CERN, Switzerland.

15:30 -15:45 Networking Coffee Break
16:00 -17:30 Roundtable on Findings & Recommendations for common standards and interoperability
Chair: Flavia Donno, EGEE, CERN, Switzerland
18: 00 Conclusions & Wrap-up
OGF23 Report led by OGF-Europe

The presentations and outcomes of the interactive discussions will feature in the OGF23 report led by OGF-Europe. The report will detail user "state of the art" in the area of Digital Repositories, with particular reference to key stakeholders leveraging digital repositories in a grid environment, as well as evaluate requirements to be considered for future enhancements.

PDF Draft Agenda is available here.