30/11/05

Vincet Breton
1. Procedure/protocol on how DILIGENT becomes part of NA4. (Status of DILIGENT MoU) We agree that
DILIGENT looks at the MoU signed by Computational Chemistry and expresses its own requests for
collaboration with EGEE activities. NA4 will circulate the MoU to the other EGEE activities so that
they can give their feedback.

2. On requirements PTF database is available. Although it has not been active for a couple months,
it is still accessible for update. Requirements are contributed by Diligent to the PTF database by
Pasquale Pagano. 2.1 Who to contact in NA4 w.r.t. requirements Requirements are going to be used by
TCG working groups. The channel for contribution to TCG working groups is through Charles Loomis and
Massimo Lamanna. 2.2 NA4 review of the already submitted DILIGENT requirements Limited resource
within NA4 to review external projects requirements 2.3 Procedure on monitoring/follow-up of
submitted requirements Through the TCG working groups 2.4 Procedure on submitting new requirements
Requirements are contributed by Diligent to the PTF database by Pasquale Pagano.

3. On collaboration & events 3.1. Who to contact in NA4 w.r.t. events? - Participation in upcoming
events - Catania in Jan 2006, Users' Forum in March 2006. 3.2 Collaboration tools - twiki, mailing list

4. NA4-related activities - who to contact/ how to participate/how to get involved 4.1 TCG 4.2 TF -
DILIGENT TF? 4.3 Workgroups - Short Deadline Jobs - Database Access on the Grid 5. Cal Loomis'
requirements

Discussion with Donatella but lack of use cases Specify one or two use cases in the Memorandum of
Understanding Deployment of Diligent VO on the PPS Follow-up of MoUs: Florence Jacq, with the help
of Roberto Barbera, Charles Loomis and Massimo Lamanna Till the end of EGEE, Diligent will be
integrated into NA4 generic.

Florida Estrella
1) MoU – Memorandum of Understanding

Must be signed between DILIGENT & NA4 currently NA4 has MoUs with user communities, groups deploying
applications on the EGEE infrastructure, groups asking for resources

MoU for DILIGENT will serve as a collaboration document, it might also serve as a model or template
for the new EU projects. DILIGENT is the 1st collaborating project with NA4. MoU is a formal
agreement. It should include use cases (what DILIGENT wants to do w.r.t. the EGEE middleware),
milestones & plans. Ideally 1-2 usecases in the next 6-12 months. It should include requirements
that need to be addressed, and by when. It should also include the manpower implications on EGEE. It
should include all activities of EGEE that DILIGENT will make use of – JRA1, SA1, NA2, NA3, NA4,
etc. At the moment, DILIGENT does not foresee any manpower implication on NA4. The MoU may be
submitted to the EU, perhaps as an appendix for the WP3.1 deliverable.

Florence Jacques of NA4 will followup on the DILIGENT MoU. DILIGENT should look at the Computational
Chemistry MoU sent by Roberto Barbera. DILIGENT will be part of the NA4-Generic Applications group,
led by Roberto.

2) Requirements

Person to contact w.r.t. requirements is Cal Loomis charles.loomis@cernNOSPAM.ch. The requirements
database is quite big and a little disorganized. The requirements database is still open (and not
dead!). The TCG and its working groups (WG) are responsible for
arranging/organizing/prioritizing/addressing there requirements into working groups. There are 2
“blessed” WGs so far – short deadline jobs and medical metadata management. DILIGENT is interested
in joining the short deadline jobs WG.