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User Information Group report David Fergusson
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Start
• Need to coordinate EGEE documentation and improve access for users was identified at den Haag.
• NA2/NA3/NA4/SA1 Got together to form group to address this– Joanne Barnett, David Fergusson, Roberto Barbera, Torsten
Antoni
• As the activity has progressed others have joined
• Subsequently the need was underlined by external reviewers of EGEE
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Identifying what needs to be done
• Single point of entry for EGEE documentation
• User focus in documentation
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UIG Work plan
1. That the main goal of the group is to have an entry point to EGEE which meets the needs of all user communities. The quality of this is also dependent on the appropriateness of the material it exposes.
2. In order to achieve this we must (not necessarily in this order):
a - Identify the user groups we are aiming at b - Codify their needs so that we can meet them c - Identify and assess our existing assets d - Identify what material is missing e - Develop a user-centric interface for the existing assets f - Update existing material in the light of the above where necessary g - Develop materials to 'plug gaps'
{NB The assumption here is that we are creating a general access point for all rather than one(s) targeted at individual user communities}
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UIG Workplan II
The initial task is to identify what information is available and where (not a trivial task as was highlighted at den Haag). This will be split into 3 areas and assigned to the following:
Users (Joanne Barnett (NA2)/Jim Buddin (NA2)/David Fergusson (NA3)) Applications Developers (David Fergusson (NA3) /Florence Jacq (NA4)) Operations Personnel (Torsten Antoni (SA1))
Once these have been identified it is possible to ensure the material is clearly presented on the public website and indeed throughout the technical pages. It should also identify any "holes" in the information which can be addressed with the individual activities and assistance of other members in the group.
In order to facilitate this work, the group has produced a 'psuedo deliverable' TOC (attached) which will act as a framework for organising the information collated and its analysis.
The group has agreed to suggest initial deadline of 1st PEB in April(7th) for having a lsit of the existing EGEE documentation for each of the areas identified
above.
A second deadline of last PEB in May (26th) for delivering a first draft of the attached document.
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Document framework
Table of Contents: EGEE User Information Group Action Plan.Introduction
Purpose of documentNature of the problemScope of the User Information GroupComposition of User Information GroupEGEE cooperation between activities
Types of user communitiesUsers
Grid/distributed computing naive usersGrid aware usersUse case models
DevelopersGrid/distributed computing naive DevelopersGrid aware DevelopersUse case models
Advanced users/Operations staffEGEE Operations staffExternal operations staffUse case models
EGEE PortalsExternalInternal
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Document framework IIEGEE Documentation
UsersQuick start guidesManualsSecurity information
DevelopersQuick start guidesAPI reference documentation
Advanced users/OperationsOrganisational reference (management documentation)Technical reference documentationSecurity information
Group resourcesTimeline, goals and achievability
Short term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations
Medium term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations
Long term actionsUsersDevelopersAdvanced users/Operations
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User results
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Application Developer results
Scientific Linuxhttps://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/30x/installing/overview.installhttp://www.brunel.ac.uk/~eesridr/extlinux.htmlhttps://www.scientificlinux.org/news/sl301.sd.net.releasehttp://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific3/docs/netboot/UserGuide.htmlhttp://www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux/common/making.install.floppies.htmlgLitegLite WSDLs :http://egee-jra1-data.web.cern.ch/egee-jra1-data/glite-data_branch_1_1_1_RC1/Documentation on LCG API’sLCG-2 APIDocumentation with InstallationLCG-2 The LCG-2 User Manual
http://egee.itep.ru/User_Guide.htmlhttps://edms.cern.ch/file/454439/https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php
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The LCG-2 User Scenario
https://edms.cern.ch/document/498081
https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php
Guide to LCG Application, Middleware & Network Security
https://edms.cern.ch/document/452128
The LCG-2 FAQ
https://edms.cern.ch/document/495216/
https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php
Datagrid: WP1 – WMS Software Administrator and User Guide
http://server11.infn.it/workload-grid/docs/DataGrid-01-TEN-0118-1_2.pdf
Grid Experience using EDG2 and LCG-1
http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/DownLoad/edg2.pdf
JDL
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Datagrid: JDL Attributeshttp://server11.infn.it/workload-grid/docs/DataGrid-01-TEN-0142-0_1.pdf
The GLUE Schemahttp://www.cnaf.infn.it/~sergio/datatag/glue/index.htm
EGEE Specific SupportNA4 Application support Wikihttp://wiki.nesc.ac.uk/read/egee-elearning/NA3 Training Materials Repositoryhttp://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/trgmat/index.htmlNA3 Training Schedule web pagehttp://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/schedreg/index.htmlNA3/SA1 (EIS) Tutorials
Local Grid GuidesUser Guide for CCIN2P3http://atlas-france.in2p3.fr/Activites/Informatique/UserGuide/Grid PPhttp://www.gridpp.ac.uk/deployment/users/http://grid.tcs.tifr.res.in/lcg2-userguide.html
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Operations results
GGUS documentation page: https://gus.fzk.de/pages/docu.php
The Grid Dictionary If you are confused by all Grid acronyms, you can search this grid dictionary for an explanation v1.2 INFN doc ID: INFNGRID20030615-1800
PDF, HTML, TXT The LCG-2 User Scenario explains step-by-step how to submit your job and handle your data on the
LCG-2 Grid. v1.0 CERN EDMS doc no. 498081 PDF, PS, HTML LCG 2 Tar Distribution This document describes how to install and configure a WN or UI using the tar
ball distribution. LCG 2 Tar Distribution, LCG-2 User Guide is the primary source of information for the LCG-2 user. It describes the architecture
and services of LCG-2 and presents the commands and tools that are available to the user. It extends the information provided by the User Scenario regarding the steps a user must follow to successfully work in the Grid. v2.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 454439
PDF, PS, HTML The LCG-2 Frequently Asked Questions is a list of frequently asked questions about LCG-2 Grid usage
compiled by the LCG Experiment Integration and Support Team. v1.0 CERN EDMS doc no. 495216 PDF, PS, HTML The LCG-2 Middleware Overview contains an overview of the main LCG-2 services and functionality
provided by the middleware to Grid Users. v0.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 498079 PDF The Experiment Software Installation on LCG-2 describes the user and administrative requirements for
an application software installation tool. It also gives details on the current toolkit available with the LCG-2 middleware, its limitations and future developments. v0.1 CERN EDMS doc no. 498080
PDF, PS
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Operations results II
The UI on lxplus document describes how to have access to an LCG-2 Grid User Interface when logged on the CERN lxplus service. version of 13 January 2005. Doc Id missing
HTML The LCG-2 User Registration document describes how to register as an LCG-2 Grid User: which is your
Certification Authority, how to ask for a certificate, how to register in a Virtual Organization, etc. version of 25 January 2005. Doc Id missing
HTML
Documentation for VO Users:LCG Experiment Integration and Support http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/cgi-bin/index.cgi?var=eis/homepage, EIS e-mailing list: [email protected] (web archive) The LCG EIS Documentation and tools repository web page contains useful documentation and a
repository of useful tools for information system handling, data management, etc. http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/cgi-bin/index.cgi?var=eis/homepage Experiment Computing Sites, including Documentation Atlas Atlas CMS CMS ALICE ALICE LHCB LHCB BaBar BaBar CDF CDF Compass Compass D0 D0 A list of VOs supported by EIS can be found here List of VOs
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UIG relation to ESC
• UIG cross activity
• ESC SA1 only
• UIG provides passive support for general access
• ESC provides active support to VOs/users