WP2 Definition of European Data Centre Alliance strategy

Françoise Genova, Coordinator, WP2 lead

WP2 – Definition of European DCA strategy EuroVO-DCA Final Review, 29 April 2009

WP2

Definition of European Data Centre Alliance strategy



WP2 objectives

• Define the project programme• Oversee the project development and

monitor the progress of WP2-WP6• Oversee the scientific aspects of the project

(WP2-2) – Mark Allen’s talk• Define a medium term strategic plan for the

Euro-VO DCA• Ensure visibility of EuroVO-DCA in IVOA



Deliverables

D2Preliminary project plan WP2 CNRS

October

200611 December 2006

D3Revised project plan WP2 CNRS

October

200715 December 2007

D4Medium term strategic plan for EuroVO-DCA

WP2 CNRSNovember

200827 February 2009

D5Census of European Data Centres

WP2 CNRSNovember

200815 January 2009



Programme definition/progress monitoring



Project programme/Progress monitoring Milestones and Deliverables (kick-off)

– Kick-off: first Board meeting, 2 & 3 October 2006• Presentation of the partners

• Discussion of the WP work program, agreement on the possibility for the WPs to convene specific Workshops

– End of kick-off:• WP2-D2 - Preliminary project plan (October 2006)

Delivered 11 December 2006

• Preliminary census of data centres



Project programme/Progress monitoring Milestones and Deliverables (Cycle 1)

– Additional Board meeting, 1&2 February 2007, Garching– FP7 strategy– Status of the first EuroVO-DCA Workshop

– First PCT face-to-face meeting, 3 & 4 May 2007, Strasbourg– Assessment of WP activities, plans for the following six months– Update of the evaluation matrix and risk register

– Mid-term Board meeting, 4 & 5 October 2007, Trieste (October 2007)

– Common Board/PCT meeting– Assessment of Cycle 1 activities and revised project plan for Cycle 2

(deliverable WP2-D3)– Mid-project evaluation and update of the evaluation matrix

– WP2-D3: Revised project plan (October 2007)– Delivered 15/12/2007



Project programme/Progress monitoringMilestones and Deliverables (Cycle 2 – Final phase)

– Third PCT face-to-face meeting, 29 May 2008, Strasbourg– Assessment of WP activities, plans for the following six months– Update of the evaluation matrix and risk register

– WP2-D4: Medium Term strategic Plan for the Euro-VO DCA (November 2008)

– Delivered 27 February 209

– WP2-D5: Census of European Data Centres (November 2008)– Preliminary census produced during the kick-off phase as foreseen– Delivered 15 January 2009

– Final Board-PCT meeting, 19-20 November 2008– Final WP reports and deliverables– Final evaluation of the self-evaluation matrix



Coordination with EuroVO-AIDA

• EuroVO-AIDA is the next step: transition to operations for ALL Euro-VO activities (DCA, users, technology aspects)

• EuroVO-DCA Board members who are not in AIDA Board have been invited to attend the EuroVO-AIDA kick-off Board meeting (17 March 2008), and the Final Board meeting has been organised back-to-back with the EuroVO-AIDA management meeting

• EuroVO-DCA follow-up activities in EuroVO-AIDA, e.g.:– Next DCA Workshop will be organised by ESAC (EuroVO-

AIDA/FC) in June 2009– Feedback workshops (cf Spectroscopy 2006) : Multiwavelength

astronomy, December 2008, ESAC



Definition of a medium term strategic plan for EuroVO DCA



Census of European data Centres

• Characterize the population of European data centres

• Lively snapshot of a very diverse landscape– Covers all disciplines of astronomy– Large variety of approaches and sizes, from large data

centres maintained by European or National Agencies to small teams maintaining a specific service

• An important element of the medium term strategic plan



Medium term strategic plan

• Several levels– National projects– At European level:

• AstroNet Roadmap exercise contains VO

• EuroVO-AIDA: integrates the three Euro-VO aspects, start date 1 February 2008

• « Concertation » with other projects – formally in WP1

– International level: Interface with IVOA



Liaison with the policy making level

The major event is the recognition of the VO as one of the components of the research infrastructure for astronomy – a major success for a young (~2000) concept

– AstroNet ERA-NET: European strategy for Astronomy• Science Vision 2007• Infrastructure Roadmap 2008

– Also presented in C. Cesarsky plenary talk on Global astronomy projects among 5 examples at the ECRI 2008 conference



Conclusions

• Data Centres and the VObs are fully recognized as an essential infrastructure for research

• Requirements for medium term sustainability– Data centres supported by national funding agencies

and European organisations

– Maintenance and evolution of the VObs framework

– International cooperation

• Medium term EC support?



Next step

• EuroVO-AIDA mid-term deliverable

Report on the astronomical knowledge infrastructure disciplinary model

• EuroVO-AIDA final deliverable

Medium term strategic plan for Euro-VO



‘Concertation’ activities (1)

• Very active participation in EC-organised ‘Concertation’ meetings

Sophia-Antipolis, Barcelona, LyonInteroperability standards (IVOA as a standardizing body) – Provenance (EuroVO-AIDA)

• OGF (Data workshop), OGF-Europe ‘Community Best practice’ report for OGF Europe after

Barcelona meeting – will be used in the ‘Disciplinary model’ deliverable

Invitation to RECURSE Curation Workshop (Edinburgh, 1 December 2008)



‘Concertation’ activities (2)

• Targets for possible collaboration

Planets, heliospheric physics, particle physics, atomic and molecular physics, …

Several projects in negociation phase following 2008 Calls

• Liaison METAFOR, Earth Observation, NMDB, Digital Libraries

• IVOA ‘Liaison’ group



Ensuring of EuroVO-DCA in IVOA



Visibility in IVOA

• Formally: support to travel to one ‘International’ Interoperability meeting/partner

• In practice– Implementation feedback (WP3-2)

– Requirement gathering (e.g., Spectroscopy Workshop)

• Huge input on Theory – the topic has progressed a lot thanks to WP4 activities

• Relay taken by EuroVO-AIDA with wider scope

WP2 Definition of European Data Centre Alliance strategy

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