SHS - Horizontal Scalability
Horizontal scalability specification
SHS |
Horizontal Scalability Specifications |
Version: 0 |
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Author |
W Hugo |
Draft |
17-12-2015 |
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Concept |
Description |
Reference |
SHS-01 |
Self-Curation |
Large parts of the data curation life cycle needs to be accessible and under control of the depositor. |
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SHS-02 |
Crowd-Sourced Curation |
It may be possible to utilise third-party contributions in a number of additional ways: |
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1. Gamifying aspects of curation: relies on voluntary contributions by third parties to describe, standardise and publish data. |
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2. Small Contracts can be used to improve the publication quality of the data sets under curation; |
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3. Improvement through Use could include additional meta-data, standardisation of schema, syntax, and semantics, and conversion to new formats and schema. |
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SHS-03 |
Data Volume |
Data volumes are likely to rise significantly as automated observation and data processing snowballs within data-intensive science. It is unlikely to present a significant cost factor |
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SHS-04 |
Transparent Scalability |
Users should not really have to care where data is stored once a decision is made to use a repository provided by a broader infrastructure. The boundary of the physical DIRISA infrastructure is fuzzy. |
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SHS-05 |
Management of Registered Users |
Alignment with facilities such as EDUROAM, with proven scalability and a large contingent of end users already registered can be considered. A parallel option is required for end users that do not qualify as being from educational institutions. NRF RISA administration is also an option for integration – most grant-funded researchers are registered. End users that fall outside these groupings require a basic access – possibly integration with ORCID. |
EDUROAM |
RISA |
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ORCID |
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SHS-06 |
Cost Recovery |
Cost recovery mechanisms should be scalable and linked to Open Access publication processes. Simplest models are based on alignment with grant-funded research. |
RISA |