1. Slide 1 ASPIRE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP Brussels Thursday 13 September 2012 www.terena.org/aspire Rosette Vandenbroucke HPC Coordinator rosette.vandenbroucke@vub.ac.be Middleware and Managing Data and Knowledge in a Data-rich World

2. Slide 2 ASPIRE Data Panel ›Gill Davies – Online music performances ›Antonella Fresa - DCH ›Jens Jensen - HEP ›Andrew Lyall – Biomed ›Roshene McCool - Astronomy ›Rosette Vandenbroucke Slide 2

3. Slide 3 Work method ›Per discipline: List data creation/handling and associated requirements now and in the next 10 years ›Select aspects that are important for the represented disciplines ›Describe important future data and data handling expectations and common requirements ›Formulate recommendations Slide 3

4. Slide 4 Aspects and type of data not covered ›Many more data aspects exist ›Not possible to handle them all ›Other scientific disciplines ›Twitter and blog data ›Social sites data ›Logs of mobile phone use ›... Slide 4

5. Slide 5 Data aspects considered ›Networking Bandwidth requirements, storage, mirrors, preservation, disaster recovery, costs ›Middleware ›Meta data ›AAI ›Data policies availability, replication ›Data origin authentication of source, integrity Slide 5

6. Slide 6 Networking Bandwidth (1) ›3 models observed: SKA/HEP model Tier structure HG-DCH model data transfer between large centers/depositories very large number of “small” users Musical Performance model small amount of data network latency important Slide 6

7. Slide 7 Networking Bandwidth (2) ›Shared general concern Network links below required bandwidth - too expensive - network link not available where needed - no permission to connect to the national research network Cost issues: - bandwidth now available for free may incur tariffs in the future - very high bandwidth and/or dedicated lightpaths requirements can lead to high costs - some regions/countries have more expensive connections - Last mile Slide 7

8. Slide 8 Networking Storage, mirrors, preservation, Disaster recovery ›Not all data can be stored or preserved ›Preservation schemes in study ›Replication of data sometimes inherent in the data structure ›Disaster recovery: not often explicitly addressed Slide 8

9. Slide 9 Middleware ›Middleware very much discipline specific. ›Expectation for generic solutions Slide 9

10. Slide 10 Metadata ›Very important ›Used by all ›Many standards exist ! ›Definition and usage per discipline ›No consideration for cross-disciplinary use Slide 10

11. Slide 11 AAI ›Everyone agrees about the need for a globally accepted AAI system ›No consensus on how to do ›e-IRG has made recommendations for such an AAI system ›Federations of authentication and eduGAIN are an excellent move in that direction Slide 11

12. Slide 12 Data Policies ›Availability of data ›Policies on data access discipline specific ›General tendency to move to “open data” ›“open data” cannot always be done, due to ›the costs of generating the data ›The costs of storage and curation ›data confidentiality Slide 12

13. Slide 13 Data origin ›Integrity and source authentication are important ›No general mechanism for data-source authentication ›Metadata can help ›In some disciplines data is only relevant to experts, so considered as quite safe ›Authentication by a unique digital signature at creation ›Source authentication can add costs Slide 13

14. Slide 14 DATA ›GROWING in every discipline putting higher requirements on all aspects we have looked at Slide 14

15. Slide 15 Recommendation 1 Network related -Collaboration between user communities and NRENs, GÉANT,... to understand network requirements associated with the data deluge -Adequate network services made available timely and economically viable -All important network parameters have to be studied (speed, throughput, privacy, persistence of connection, cost,...) Slide 15

16. Slide 16 Recommendation 2 standardisation of datasets and metadata ›Define standardised data sets: ›To profit from economy of scale fro cross-discipline middleware ›Define standardised data sets, metadata, middleware and applications ›For easier accessibility of data ›Adopt a common metadata standard that takes into account multi-disciplinary use of data Slide 16

17. Slide 17 Recommendation 3 AAI ›Adopt a globally recognised AAI based on standards for the exchange of assertions and security tokens that can be used by all (user communities, e-infrastructure providers, ICT providers,...) Slide 17

18. Slide 18 Recommendation 4 Data origin ›Create common mechanisms and procedures for all disciplines to certify and authenticate data. Slide 18

19. Slide 19 Recommendation 5 preservation, curation ›Facilitate collaboration between disciplines to create common policies, procedures and tools to assist in the curation and preservation of data. Slide 19