IMarine Data E-Infrastructure Deployment and Operation: PoliciesDefinition

This section describes the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem policies.

The principle which has been applied to the Policies definition process is the following:

Some of the policies are meant to be valid for the Ecosystem as a whole and as such they have Global scope. This kind of policies are described in the Global Policies section.

The Policies regulating the level of service which the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem has to guarantee to its users are described in the Service Level Agreement section.

In the case of D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem Resource providers, the policies regulating the provision are described in the Infrastructure Participation Policies section.

Global Policies

The Policies wich are described in this section are global policies applied to Users accessing the infrastructure as consumers or providers of :

• Services
• Data
• Software
• Sites ( Computation and storage)

The following policies have been defined :

• Infrastructure Acceptable Use Policy

Infrastructure Acceptable Use Policy

By registering in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem any User shall be deemed to accept these conditions of use:

• The User shall only use the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem to perform work, or transmit or store data consistent with the stated goals, policies and conditions of use as defined by the body or bodies granting you access.
• The User shall not use the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem for any unlawful purpose and not (attempt to) breach or circumvent any administrative or security controls.
• The User shall respect intellectual property and confidentiality agreements.
• The User shall protect its access credentials (e.g. private keys or passwords).
• The User shall immediately report any known or suspected security breach or misuse of the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem or access credentials to the incident reporting locations specified by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem and to the relevant credential issuing authorities.
• Use of the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is at User's risk. There is no guarantee that the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem will be available at any time or that it will suit any purpose.
• Logged information is used for administrative, operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes only.
• The access-granting bodies and Resource Providers are entitled to regulate, suspend or terminate the User access, within their domain of authority, and the User shall immediately comply with their instructions.
• The User is liable for the consequences of violating any of these conditions of use

Service Level Agreement

When describing the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem Service Level Agreements (SLAs) we refers to the levels of availability, serviceability, performance, operation, or other attributes of the Ecosystem. The level of service is specified as "target" and "minimum," which allows the user of the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem to be informed what to expect (the minimum), while providing a measurable (average) target value that shows the level of organization performance.

Since no Resource pricing is defined no penalties have been agreed in the case of non-compliance of the SLA .

The following D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem SLAs have been defined :

• Data Access SLA
• Data Storage SLA
• Software Hosting SLA
• Time Series Management SLA
• ...

Data Access SLA

By accessing data trough the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem any authorized user shall be deemed to accept these conditions of use:

• Any authorized user can use the data in any circumstance and for all usage, reproduce the data, modify the data, and make derivative data based upon the original data, communicate to the public, including the right to reproduce or display the data or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case may be, the data.

• Any authorized user cannot in any circumstance and for any usage redistribute the data or copies thereof, lend and rent the data or copies thereof, sub-license rights in the data or copies thereof.

Time Series Management SLA

The D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem supporting several Scientific Communities members grouped in Virtual Research Environments (VREs), therefore some VREs can have their own SLAs.

The following VREs SLAs have been defined:

• ICIS VRE SLA
• .....

Infrastructure Participation Policies

Resource provision in the context of the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is regulated by a defined set of policies:

• Site Participation Policy
• Service Participation Policy
• Data source Participation Policy
• Software Participation Policy

Site Participation Policy

By participating in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem any Site must agree to the following conditions.

• The Site should provide and maintain, in the Site Manager page, contact information including but not limited to at least one Site Manager who shall respond to enquiries in a timely fashion as defined in the Incident Management procedure page.
  • (alternative) Every Site should appoint at least one person to the role of Site Manager. Contact information of each Site Manager should be in the Site Manager page. The Site Manager is requested to react to requests on Site management in an efficient manner (see Incident Management procedure page)

• When notified by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem Infrastructure Managers of software patches and updates required for security and stability, they should be applied to the Site's systems, as soon as reasonably possible in the circumstances. Other patches and updates should be applied following the upgrade plan prepared by the Infrastructure Managers applying the deployment and upgrade procedure.
  • (comment) Partial overlap with the previous

• Logged information, including information provided by Users or other Sites, should be used for administrative, operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes only.

• The participation in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem as a Site shall not create any intellectual property rights in software, information and data provided to the Site or in data generated by the Site in the processing of jobs.

• Provisioning of resources to the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is at the Site's risk. Any software provided by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is provided on an as-is basis only, and subject to its own license conditions. There is no guarantee that any procedure applied by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is correct or sufficient for any particular purpose. The D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem and other Sites are not liable for any loss or damage in connection with the Site participation in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem.

• The Site shall comply with the Incident Management response procedures regarding the notification of security incidents and where appropriate, shall restore access as soon as reasonably possible.

• The Site shall comply with the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem operational procedures including the requirement to support at least the root VOVirtual Organization;.

• The D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem may control access to the Site for administrative, operational and security purposes and remove Site resource information from the Information Systems if the Site fails to comply with these conditions.

Data source Participation Policy

Any data provider can promote its data repository by registering it in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem.

• By registering a data repository, the data provider guarantees access to the data stored without any limitation on volume or number of access calls.

• A data provider is empowered to limit the access to its data to either a single community or to a single group of people operating in a community. D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem uses proven cryptographic methods to authenticate users. The data will be only available to either the community or a group within a community explicitly authorized by the data provider.

• Any authorized user can use the data in any circumstance and for all usage, reproduce the data, modify the data, and make derivative data based upon the original data, communicate to the public, including the right to reproduce or display the data or copies thereof to the public and perform publicly, as the case may be, the data.

• Any authorized user cannot in any circumstance and for any usage redistribute the data or copies thereof, lend and rent the data or copies thereof, sub-license rights in the data or copies thereof.

• At any time the data provider can decide either to unregister its data repository or to suspend temporarily the access to it. All data provider’s requests are immediately accepted and operated by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem.

• The ownership of the data remains exclusively to the data provider. D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem will not otherwise copy, move or distribute data provider's data for any purpose, except when required to do so by law.

• The data provider is solely responsible for the development, content, operation, and maintenance of the data. In particular, the data provider is solely responsible for the compliance of data with the law, with any claims relating to the data, and any violation with respect person’s rights.

• The registration of a data repository to the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem is simple and secure. Several technologies - relational databases, columns stores, document repositories, geographical information systems - and protocols are currently supported.

To register a data provider is needed to contact d4science info . A personal assistant will be assigned to follow the entire registration process. The procedure is not expected to take more than three working days.