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This Wiki has been created to support the [http://www.i-marine.eu iMarine] Project.
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[http://www.d4science.org D4Science] is the  '''''Service Oriented Infrastructure''''' supporting the definition of '''''[[Virtual Research Environment|Virtual Research Environments]]''''' (VREs). It is equipped with a rich array of "mediators" making it possible the exploitation of services, repositories, and facilities offered by others data and computing infrastructures.
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A ''Service Oriented Infrastructures'' is an infrastructure developed according to the Service Orientation principles, this reflects in facilities for the re-usability and dynamic allocation of the resources forming the infrastructure itself. A ''Virtual Research Environment'' is the materialization of a very ''flexible'' and ''agile'' application development model based on the notion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_Service Software as a Service (SaaS)] in which components may be bound instantly, just at the time they are needed and then the binding may be discarded. According to it, user communities are enabled to define their own applications by simply selecting the application constituents (the services, the collections, the machines) among the pool of resources made available through the infrastructure. The cost of operating each defined VRE is completely outsourced to the infrastructure that by applying ''economies of scale'' to the operation of the applications (sharing and re-use) can offer better, cheaper and more reliable applications than single communities can themselves.
  
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iMarine (RI – 283644) is a Research Infrastructures Combination of Collaborative Project and Coordination and Support Action (CP-CSA) co-funded by the European Commission under the Capacities Programme, Framework Programme Seven (FP7).
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Please visit the following tailored web sites to discover more about D4Science.  
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* [https://dev.d4science.org D4Science Development Web Site] to discover APIs and facilities for the integration of your services into the infrastructure;  
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The goal of iMarine, Data e-Infrastructure Initiative for Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources, is to establish and operate a data infrastructure supporting the principles of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management and Conservation of Marine Living Resources and to facilitate the emergence of a unified Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice (EA-CoP).
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* [https://support.d4science.org D4Science Support Web Site] to request support and infrastructure resources.
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This Wiki contains information on iMarine core activities, findings and outcomes and it may also contain contributions from distinguished experts who contribute as iMarine Board members.
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The Wiki main areas are:
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* the [[Ecosystem_Approach_Community_of_Practice_Overview|Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice]] reporting information on ...
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* the [[IMarine_Data_E-Infrastructure_Deployment_and_Operation|Infrastructure Deployment and Operation]] reporting information on Procedures, Policies, Resources and Plans governing the deployment and operation of the infrastructure supporting the iMarine project;
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* the [[Virtual_Research_Environments_Deployment_and_Operation|VRE Deployment and Operation]] reporting information on Procedures, Policies, Resources and Plans governing the deployment and operation of Virtual Research Environments serving the needs of scenarios for the Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice;
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* the [[Quality_Assurance|Quality Assurance]] reporting information on the Procedures, Policies and Tools intented to ensure the production of concrete and high-quality results inline with the iMarine work plan.
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Latest revision as of 11:16, 2 December 2020

D4Science is the Service Oriented Infrastructure supporting the definition of Virtual Research Environments (VREs). It is equipped with a rich array of "mediators" making it possible the exploitation of services, repositories, and facilities offered by others data and computing infrastructures.

A Service Oriented Infrastructures is an infrastructure developed according to the Service Orientation principles, this reflects in facilities for the re-usability and dynamic allocation of the resources forming the infrastructure itself. A Virtual Research EnvironmentA ''system'' with the following distinguishing features: ''(i)'' it is a Web-based working environment; ''(ii)'' it is tailored to serve the needs of a Community of Practice; ''(iii)'' it is expected to provide a community of practice with the whole array of commodities needed to accomplish the community’s goal(s); ''(iv)'' it is open and flexible with respect to the overall service offering and lifetime; and ''(v)'' it promotes fine-grained controlled sharing of both intermediate and final research results by guaranteeing ownership, provenance, and attribution. is the materialization of a very flexible and agile application development model based on the notion of Software as a Service (SaaS) in which components may be bound instantly, just at the time they are needed and then the binding may be discarded. According to it, user communities are enabled to define their own applications by simply selecting the application constituents (the services, the collections, the machines) among the pool of resources made available through the infrastructure. The cost of operating each defined VREVirtual Research Environment. is completely outsourced to the infrastructure that by applying economies of scale to the operation of the applications (sharing and re-use) can offer better, cheaper and more reliable applications than single communities can themselves.

Please visit the following tailored web sites to discover more about D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative..

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