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Evolution of e-Research: From Infrastructure Development to Service Orientation

verfasst von : Hashim Iqbal Chunpir, Thomas Ludwig, Dean N. Williams

Erschienen in: Design, User Experience, and Usability: Interactive Experience Design

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

E-Research has reframed the process of research. Researchers can now access distributed data around the globe with the help of e-Research infrastructure. This paper presents an overview of the developmental process and evolution of an e-Research platform: Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) that evolved from a research infrastructure test-bed to a services oriented platform, in subsequent phases. ESGF is a leading distributed peer to peer data grid system in Earth System Modelling having around 27000 users distributed all over the world. Currently, it is a challenge faced by most of the e-Research facilities to provide user oriented services. Moreover, there is a strong need to conduct user experience and usability studies of e-Research facilities like ESGF, which is in demand. However, very few steps have been taken in practice to create a better user experience (UX), so that users’ interest can be generated to interact with e-infrastructures, on an intuitive basis. Hence, thriving the practice of e-Research and making it more interesting overtime. Finally, this paper indicates at the service oriented and usability aspects of e-Science infrastructures.

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Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol, an architecture for data transport including standards for encapsulating structured data and describing data attributes implemented in a distributed computing environment (www.​opendap.​org/​).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Evolution of e-Research: From Infrastructure Development to Service Orientation
verfasst von
Hashim Iqbal Chunpir
Thomas Ludwig
Dean N. Williams
Copyright-Jahr
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20889-3_3

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