GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation European Commission Seventh Framework Project (Research Infrastructures Activity – Grant Agreement No. 283686) D3.2 Report on integration and implementation 28.02.2013 Final V 1.0 GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 1 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation DOCUMENT CONTROL Deliverable number: 3.2 Title: Report on integration and implementation Workpackage: 3 Status: Final Level of Dissemination: Public Date: 28.02.2013 Author(s): Fermin Serrano, Sue Murkett, Kitti Varga E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected] AMENDMENT HISTORY Version Date Author/Editor Description/Comments 0.1 10.01.2013 Fermin Serrano Creation 0.2 11.01.2013 Enrique Barra Update 0.3 11.01.2013 Barbara Kieslinger Update 0.4 15.01.2013 Fermin Serrano E-Infrastructures description 0.4 19.01.2013 Sue Murkett E-Infrastructures description 0.4 19.01.2013 Kitti Varga E-Infrastructures description 0.5 22.01.2013 Fermin Serrano Content added 0.6 22.01.2013 Enrique Barra Update 0.7 27.01.2013 Barbara Kieslinger Review 1.0 28.01.2013 Barbara Kieslinger, Fermín Serrano Final editing GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 2 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation CONTRIBUTERS Name of institutions EUN European Schoolnet (EUN Partnership AISBL) ZSI ZENTRUM FUER SOZIALE INNOVATION UPM UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID UNIZAR UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA UCAM THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MTA MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA SZAMITASTECHNIKAI ES AUTOMATIZALASI KUTATO INTEZET SZTAKI ASSA AGORA SYSTEMS, S.A. Legal Notices The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The Members of the GLOBAL excursion Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. GLOBAL excursion is a supporting action funded by the European Commission under the Research and Innovation Infrastructures programme of FP7. This report reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 3 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation LIST OF ABBREVATIONS Abbreviation Description CSIC Higher Council for Scientific Research DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid DoW Description of Work EBD Doñana Biological Station HD High Defintion IDGF International Desktop Grid Federation ICTS Scientific and Technological Infrastructure RBD Doñana Biological Reserve ViSH Virtual Science Hub GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 4 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation INDEX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... 6 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 7 2. E-INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED RESOURCES .................................................................................. 7 2.1. LIVE WEBCAM FROM DOÑANA ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. REMOTE PENDULUM , PULLEY AND SPRING FROM BIFI .................................................................................... 9 2.3. MICROSCOPE CAMERA STREAMING FROM BIFI ............................................................................................... 11 2.4. IBERCIVIS LIVE MAP AND MONITORING SYSTEM FROM BIFI ............................................................................13 2.5. FUSION VIRTUAL LAB APPLET FROM BIFI ........................................................................................................15 2.6. NANOVERSE FROM UCAM .............................................................................................................................16 2.7. ACCESS TO MICROSCOPES WITHIN THE NANOSCIENCE CENTRE VIA URL FROM THE UCAM ..........................18 2.8. DESKTOP GRIDS FROM SZTAKI ......................................................................................................................20 3. OTHER RESOURCES .......................................................................................................................................21 4. VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS CREATED WITH THE RESOURCES...............................................................22 5. REFLECTIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF E-INFRASTRUCTURES ..................................................26 6. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................27 GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 5 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation Executive Summary In this document we compile the integration and development experiences around the ViSH portal from the scientific infrastructure provider’s point of view and describe some of the scientific resources and excursions that have been created within it. All the resources scheduled in the DoW have been integrated using the friendly, intuitive and clear process of the portal itself. At this moment, some resources are being adapted in order to improve the usability and user experience. While for some resources and infrastructures the integration process is very easy, we also encountered problems at implementation level for some highly complex infrastructures. A close cooperation within the project team has been working on solving any such issues and come up with alternative solutions for an optimum and easy integration of scientific infrastructures in the ViSH portal. GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 6 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation 1. Introduction This document compiles the integration activities deployed by the scientific infrastucture providers in close cooperation wit the ViSH development team. It also presents new tools implemented in the ViSH portal in order to allow virtual access to the scientific infrastructures that the partners in the consortium are providing. In addition, some external resources, meaning that they do not come from the core partners of this project, have also been uploaded to the ViSH and some of them will be shortly presented here as well. We encourage the reader to check deliverable 3.1. “Report on Design and Development of e-infrastructures in education” for further information about initial technical analysis and design decisions. 2. E-Infrastructure integrated resources 2.1. Live webcam from Do ñana Doñana Biological Station (EBD) is a research institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) located in Seville. It aims to preserve and promote quality research in the Doñana Biological Reserve (RBD), declared a World Heritage Site in 1994 and considered one of the most important natural areas in the world. In this same year, the RBD was included among the great European Union Scientific Spaces. The resources from Doñana Biological Station integrated in the ViSH include field notebooks. Since the creation of the EBD, and even before, many field observers, initially volunteers and professionals have created them including the observations made in the park and its area of influence. These diaries and field notes are a set sequenced and more or less systematic observations and comments made by qualified technicians during their tours of Doñana. They contain notes on a large number of animal species, usually vertebrates (especially birds), but also on vegetation, water conditions in the marshes or lagoons. GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 7 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation Figure 1: Capture of one of the real-time videocameras used in the excursions We have already integrated some elements that compose the singular Scientific and Technological Infrastructure (ICTS). This unique network include modern communications infrastructure and scientific equipment from the Reserve that automate and standardize the monitoring of natural processes and allowing researches that could not be done in other situations. The ICTS provide access and hosts these facilities to the Spanish scientific community and the rest of EU countries to develop research activities. Some of the contents are only accessible with authentication, so data bases, servers and certificates should be shared in order to allow users of the virtual excursions to access the whole resources. We are dealing with the authentication of external servers and users to the existing materials in order to complete the integration of the vast amount of resources. At this moment, it is required to do scrolling as it should be required to redesign the web tools from Doñana in order to fit properly in the frame from VISH, with lower size. GLOBAL excursion – 283686 Page 8 of 27 GLOBAL excursion D3.2. Report on integration and implementation Figure 2: Capture of one virtual map with 360º pictures 2.2. Remote Pendulum, Pulley and Spring from BIFI At BIFI we are developing a remote physics teaching and experimentation