TUESDAY24 APR 2012

COLLABORATION IS HAPPENING:UPDATES FROM THE FIELD AND BEYOND

HEATHER FLANAGANINTERNET2

HAROLD TEUNISSENSURFNET

Collaboration is Happening

• Collaboration Management Platforms• COmanage • SURFconext• Service Management• Open Collaboration Exchange (OCX)

Session Agenda

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• Some things are shared in a collaboration:– Shared tools (wikis, mailing lists, domain apps)– Data– Instruments– Business processes defining enrollment

• Some things are not:– Geographic location– Local laws, policies, and contracts– A desire to spend time on IT and IdM issues instead of science and

research

Collaboration Management Platforms

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• Each new working group would by default need access to:

– Wiki/web (read, read-write, admin) – Mailing list (subscribe, moderate, post-only, view-archive, admin) – Repository (read, read-write, admin) – Ticketing system (post, view, modify, manage) – Voting system (create, vote, view) – Calendaring – Polling – Document management– Command line tools – Grid space – Google Apps – Conferencing – Activity streams – Roster

VO Collaboration Tools (a Shared Tools use case)

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• Large VO often have large data sets• Collaboration platforms must work with non-web-based tools• Example of work in the non-web-based space for storage and PKI-

based access:– iRODS (https://www.irods.org/index.php/Introduction_to_iRODS)– CILogon (http://www.cilogon.org/service)

Sharing Data & Instruments

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• How to help VO get started with understanding their own processes– Profiling your CO - culture and management – CO Community – Users, guests, and contributors – Application requirements – Access control – Existing Middleware Infrastructure – Internal IT – Use Case

• https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/COmanage/CO+Requirements+Assessment

Business Processes

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Title only (use for picture, etc.)

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• Focusing on the identity infrastructure so that VOs can:– Onboard and off-board users in moments instead of weeks– Have better control of authorization and access management– Have better reporting to funding agencies regarding multi-institutional

involvement

• COmanage is focusing transforming business processes to a programmable workflow– Leaving the developing and integrating of shared tools and end-user

interactions to others

COmanage

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COmanage Administrative Interface

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Enrolling a member

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Enrolling a member

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Groups and Shared Tools

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http://www.internet2.edu/comanage

More about COmanage

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TUESDAY24 APR 2012