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EGEE

Target Application Sector

Strategy Document

EU DELIVERABLE: DNA4.2

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Date:	10/11/04
Activity:	NA4: Application Identification and Support
Lead Partner:	CNRS
Partner(s):	CERN, CNRS, INFN, UPV
Document status:	DRAFT
Document link:	https://edms.cern.ch/document/489669

Abstract: This document presents the EGEE plan to reach out to a large number of active users across a sufficient number of disciplines to demonstrate that EGEE is a worthwhile investment for the Citizens of the EU. The document develops the contribution of NA4 to this global vision and presents NA4 structures to integrate user communities on the EGEE infrastructure in close collaboration with other EGEE activities.

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Reviewed by		Moderator and reviewers
Approved by		PEB
Document Log
Issue	Date		Comment			Author
1-0	29.07.2004		First draft			Roberto Barbera
2-0	04.08.2004		Second draft			Roberto Barbera
3-0	15.09.2004		Third draft			Malcolm Atkinson, Vincent Breton
4-0	16.09.2004		Fourth draft			Vincent Breton
5-0	17.09.2004		Fifth draft			Roberto Barbera
5_1	21.09.2004		Sixth draft			Ignacio Blanquer
5_2	22.09.2004					Roberto Barbera
5_3	23.09.2004					Johan Montagnat
5_4	27.09.2004					Marcel Soberman
6_0	30.09.2004					Vincent Breton
6_1	30.09.2004					Vincent Breton
6_2	01.10.04					Cal Loomis
6_3	01.10.4					Frank Harris
7-0	27.10.04		Seventh draft			Vincent Breton
7-1	1.11.04					Marcel Soberman
7-2	1.11.04					Frank Harris
7-3	1.11.04					Johan Montagnat
7-4	03.11.04					Roberto Barbera
8-n	10.11.04					Vincent Breton

Document Change Record
Issue	Item	Reason for Change
1-0	Document	Format, Table of Contents, section and subsection titles added
2-0	Document	Table of Contents changed according to Johan Montagnat’s suggestion
3-0	Document	Addition of chapter 3 on “Virtuous cycle” Edition of Chapter 3
4-0	Document	Update of chapter 5
5-0	Document	Section on GILDA updated. Section on Generic Applications expanded
5_1	Document	General comments on the text,
5_2	Document
5_3	Document	Reworked biomed section
5_4	Document	Chapter 3: Explanation of virtuous circle; Chapter 5.3 : NA4 monitoring of integration, updated
6_0	Document	Edition of chapter 1
6_1	Document	Edition of chapter 4
6_2	Document	English proof read
6_3	Document	HEP update
7-n	Document	Response to reviewers
8-n	Document	Response to reviewers

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1 Introduction 6

1.1 Purpose and structure of the document 6

1.2 Application area 6

1.3 References 7

1.4 Document amendment procedure 7

1.5 Terminology 7

1.6 Acknowledgements 8

2 Executive summary 9

3 strategy to reach out to new communities: concept of Virtuous cycle 11

3.1 Implementation 12

3.2 integrating new scientific communities 18

3.3 Accompanying users 19

4 New communities identification 22

4.1 Introduction 22

4.2 Steps for new potential user community identification 22

4.3 The GILDA testbed 23

4.4 Selecting new communities: Egee Generic Applications Advisory Panel 25

5 New communities integration 27

5.1 Introduction 27

5.2 training 27

5.3 Joint NA4/SA1 group to address resources and services deployment 27

5.4 collaboration AMONG applications 28

6 status of application deployment at PM6 31

6.1 High Energy Physics applications 31

6.2 Biomedical applications 32

6.3 Status of generic applications 37

6.4 Collaborations beyond application deployment 40

7 Conclusion 44