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Keywords: science gateway, grid portal, e-collaboration, e-science, grid computing, GENIUS, EnginFrame, Liferay.

Summary

Our approach is totally different from the one used in the past. We will not provide for any top down solution such as the GENIUS [3] portal but we are designing "bricks" for different uses and purposes. In other to grant access to the grid services and to enhance performance we provide some improvements regarding the portal architecture. A new component has then been introduced: the grid layer. As a result of the implementation developed by the SAGA project [4,5] , it will act as an abstraction level between the portal environment and the Grid infrastructure sites.

Currently we are developing robot [6,7] authentication application program interfaces (APIs) to make them SAGA compliant and to use it with other gLite SAGA adaptors. As mentioned in the paper this technology is being used in other European Projects such as DECIDE [8] (life science) and INDICATE [9] (cultural heritage) where our team is involved in developing other components. This is proof of how this technology can be useful in every scientific domain.

Future work will include other adaptors in order to support new middleware. We are working on other modules for other usage such as a visualization portlet that, together with a visual element, will allow users to consult three-dimensional images.

References

1: Liferay framework home page, http://www.liferay.com
2: The EnginFrame framework home page, http://www.enginframe.com/
3: G. Andronico, R. Barbera, A. Falzone, G. Lo Re, "GENIUS: a web portal for grid", Instrument and Methods in Phy. Nucl., 2003. https://genius.ct.infn.it
4: The SAGA project home page, http://saga.cct.lsu.edu/
5: A Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA), http://www.ogf.org/documents/GFD.90.pdf
6: R. Barbera, G. Donvito, A. Falzone, G. La Rocca, L. Milanesi, G. Maggi, S. Vicario, "The GENIUS Grid Portal and robot certificates: a new tool for e-Science", BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10(6), 2009. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S6-S21
7: R. Barbera, G. Donvito, A. Falzone, G. La Rocca, G.P. Maggi, L. Milanesi, "GENIUS Grid Portal and robot certificates to perform phylogenetic analysis on large scale: an experience within the Italian LIBI Project", in S.C. Lin, E. Yen, (Editors), "Managed Grids and Cloud Systems in the Asia-Pacific Research Community", XII, 2010.
8: Decide Liferay Portal, http://applications.eu-decide.eu/
9: Indicate Liferay Portal, http://gw.eu-indicate.eu

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 95 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL, DISTRIBUTED, GRID AND CLOUD COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERING Edited by: Paper 78 A New Framework to Build Science Gateways based on EnginFrame and Liferay R. Rotondo¹, R. Barbera^1,2, G. La Rocca¹, A. Falzone³, P. Maggi³ and N. Venuti³ ¹Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Division of Catania, Italy ²Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Italy ³NICE srl, Asti, Italy doi:10.4203/ccp.95.78 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper R. Rotondo, R. Barbera, G. La Rocca, A. Falzone, P. Maggi, N. Venuti, "A New Framework to Build Science Gateways based on EnginFrame and Liferay", in , (Editors), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 78, 2011. doi:10.4203/ccp.95.78 Keywords: science gateway, grid portal, e-collaboration, e-science, grid computing, GENIUS, EnginFrame, Liferay. Summary Our approach is totally different from the one used in the past. We will not provide for any top down solution such as the GENIUS [3] portal but we are designing "bricks" for different uses and purposes. In other to grant access to the grid services and to enhance performance we provide some improvements regarding the portal architecture. A new component has then been introduced: the grid layer. As a result of the implementation developed by the SAGA project [4,5] , it will act as an abstraction level between the portal environment and the Grid infrastructure sites. Currently we are developing robot [6,7] authentication application program interfaces (APIs) to make them SAGA compliant and to use it with other gLite SAGA adaptors. As mentioned in the paper this technology is being used in other European Projects such as DECIDE [8] (life science) and INDICATE [9] (cultural heritage) where our team is involved in developing other components. This is proof of how this technology can be useful in every scientific domain. Future work will include other adaptors in order to support new middleware. We are working on other modules for other usage such as a visualization portlet that, together with a visual element, will allow users to consult three-dimensional images. References 1 Liferay framework home page, http://www.liferay.com 2 The EnginFrame framework home page, http://www.enginframe.com/ 3 G. Andronico, R. Barbera, A. Falzone, G. Lo Re, "GENIUS: a web portal for grid", Instrument and Methods in Phy. Nucl., 2003. https://genius.ct.infn.it 4 The SAGA project home page, http://saga.cct.lsu.edu/ 5 A Simple API for Grid Applications (SAGA), http://www.ogf.org/documents/GFD.90.pdf 6 R. Barbera, G. Donvito, A. Falzone, G. La Rocca, L. Milanesi, G. Maggi, S. Vicario, "The GENIUS Grid Portal and robot certificates: a new tool for e-Science", BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10(6), 2009. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S6-S21 7 R. Barbera, G. Donvito, A. Falzone, G. La Rocca, G.P. Maggi, L. Milanesi, "GENIUS Grid Portal and robot certificates to perform phylogenetic analysis on large scale: an experience within the Italian LIBI Project", in S.C. Lin, E. Yen, (Editors), "Managed Grids and Cloud Systems in the Asia-Pacific Research Community", XII, 2010. 8 Decide Liferay Portal, http://applications.eu-decide.eu/ 9 Indicate Liferay Portal, http://gw.eu-indicate.eu purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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