CaGrid

Infobox Software
name = caGrid



caption =
developer = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cancer_Institute NCI's] Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University Ohio State University] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago University of Chicago] 's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory] , [http://www.semanticbits.com SemanticBits LLC] , [http://www.ekagra.com Ekagra Software Technologies]
latest release version = 1.2
latest release date = 2008-03-30
operating system = Cross-platform
genre = Grid computing, Web service
license = caBIG® v2.0
website = [https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/workspaces/Architecture/caGrid Project] [https://gforge.nci.nih.gov/frs/?group_id=25 Download]

The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid®, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CaBIG caBIG®] is an initiative of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cancer_Institute National Cancer Institute] , part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health National Institutes of Health] .

caBIG®, is a voluntary virtual informatics infrastructure that connects data, research tools, scientists, and organizations to leverage their combined strengths and expertise in an open federated environment with widely accepted standards and shared tools. The underlying service oriented infrastructure that supports caBIG® is referred to as [https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/workspaces/Architecture/caGrid caGrid] . Driven primarily by scientific use cases from the cancer research community, caGrid provides the core enabling infrastructure necessary to compose the Grid of caBIG®. It provides the technology that enables collaborating institutions to share information and analytical resources efficiently and securely, while also allowing investigators to easily contribute to and leverage the resources of a national-scale, multi-institutional environment.

caGrid Core Infrastructure

Though caGrid is a suite of products, typically "caGrid" refers to the Core Infrastructure.

Globus Toolkit

caGrid leverages the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_Toolkit Globus Toolkit] , produced by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_Alliance Globus Alliance] .

Components

* [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/Introduce Introduce Toolkit] , also a Globus [http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Incubator/Introduce Incubator Project]
* [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/Data_Services Data Services]
* [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/Metadata Metadata]
* Security
** [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/CDS:Credential_Delegation_Service Credential Delegation Service (CDS)]
** [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/Dorian:Main Dorian]
** [http://www.cagrid.org/mwiki/index.php?title=GAARDS:Main GAARDS]
** [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/GridGrouper:Main Grid Grouper]
** [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/GTS:Main Grid Trust Service (GTS)]
** [http://www.cagrid.org/wiki/WebSSO:Web_Single_Sign_On WebSSO] - Web Single Sign-on component, based on [http://www.ja-sig.org/products/cas/ JASIG CAS]

caGrid Portal

The [http://cagrid-portal.nci.nih.gov caGrid Portal] is a Web-based application built on Liferay Portal that enables users to discover and interact with the services that are available on the caGrid infrastructure. The portal serves as the primary visualization tool for the caGrid middleware and provides a standards-based platform for hosting caBIG®-related tools. It also serves as a caBIG® information source. Through the caGrid Portal, users have instant access to information about caBIG® participants, caGrid points of contact (POCs), and caGrid-related news and events.

Liferay Portal

The caGrid Portal leverages the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liferay Liferay] portal.

caGrid Workflow

caGrid Workflow leverages both:
* Active [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPEL BPEL]
* [http://taverna.sourceforge.net/ Taverna]

Project Contributors

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University Ohio State University]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago University of Chicago] , [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_National_Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory]
* [http://www.semanticbits.com SemanticBits, LLC]
* [http://www.ekagra.com Ekagra Software Technologies]

Release History

caGrid Core Infrastructure

* caGrid 0.5 was released on August 31, 2005
* caGrid 0.5.1 was released on October 7, 2005
* caGrid 0.5.2 was released on November 15, 2005
* caGrid 0.5.3 was released on January 25, 2006
* caGrid 0.5.4 was released on May 12, 2006
* caGrid 1.0 Beta was released on July 17, 2006
* caGrid 1.0 was released on December 15, 2006
* caGrid 1.1 was released on September 17, 2007

caGrid Portal

* caGrid Portal 1.1 was released with caGrid 1.1 on December 17, 2007
* caGrid Portal 2.0 was released on December 28, 2007
* caGrid Portal 2.0.1 was released on February 22, 2008
* caGrid Portal 2.0.2 was released on June 18, 2008
* caGrid Portal 2.0.2.1 was released on July 9, 2008

caGrid Workflow

References

External links

* [http://www.cagrid.org caGrid wiki]
* [https://gforge.nci.nih.gov/projects/cagrid-1-0/ caGrid gforge project]
* [https://cabig-kc.nci.nih.gov/CaGrid/KC/index.php/Main_Page caGrid Knowledge Center]