Gaining bilateral competences in Open Source Software through

successful cooperation between PSNC and Fraunhofer FOKUS.

Qualipso Project case study

German-Polish Workshop for ICT Research and Innovation

31st of May 2010, Warsaw, Poland

Cezary MazurekPoznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC)

PSNCPSNC• Founded in 1993 and affiliated to the Institute of Bioorganic

Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

• Center for development of eInfrastructure• Research Metropolitan Area Network - POZMAN

• HPC Center

• National Research and Education Network PIONIER

• Digital Libraries Federation

• Center for Research and Development in• New Generation Networks

• High Performance Computing

• Network Services and Applications

• Security

• About 250 employees

National Research and Education Network - PIONIER

National Research and Education Network - PIONIER

• Area 312k sq km

• Population 38M

• Main academic centers 21

• State universities 120+

• Students 2M+

• R&D institutions

and Univ. interconnected

via PIONIER network 700+

22 MANs and HPC Centers for PIONIER Consortium with PSNC as Operator

53005300 kmkm of ownof own Fiber Optic CablesFiber Optic Cables

Metropolitan Area Network - POZMANMetropolitan Area Network - POZMAN

R & D for New Generation NetworksR & D for New Generation Networks

HPC Centers in PolandHPC Centers in Poland

R&D in GridsR&D in Grids

PSNC – our experiencePSNC – our experience

European Projects

FP5, FP6 and FP7 – 46 projects, including 5 coordinated by PSNC: GRIDLAB, Porta Optica Study, RINGRID, PHOSPHORUS, DORII

Program e-Contentplus: 2 projects: Europeana Local, ENRICH

Program EUREKA: 2 projects: HDviper, HIPERMED

Program CULTURE: Access-IT project

EEA Funds: 2 projects: Wielkopolska Center for Telemedicine, Virtual Laboratory for Interactive Learning

National projects

Structural funds: 5 projects, including 2 coordinated: PLATON, NEWMAN

Targeted and Research projects: 11 project, including 7 coordinated: Progress, ZIiW, KMD, NetRadio, ZSKM, FBC i LabWir

Building eInfrastructure in Poland (PIONIER network, POZMAN

network, HPC Center)

Beginning of cooperation (2005):Polish Competence CenterBeginning of cooperation (2005):Polish Competence Center

• First idea for cooperation: Polish Competence

Center on eGovernment and eEducation• Fraunhofer FOKUS (DE) - The Competence Center

for Electronic Government and Applications (ELAN)

• PSNC (PL)

• Foundation for Economic Education (PL)

• PSNC – technology provider

• FOKUS – eGovernment & interoperability know-how

2006 – 20116FP QualiPSo project 2006 – 20116FP QualiPSo project

• A unique global alliance that facilitates the use of trusted low-cost, flexible open source software within industries and governments, fuelling innovation and competitiveness.

• The largest FLOSS project funded by the European Commission under its sixth framework program (FP6), as part of the Information Society Technologies (IST) initiative

• 18 founding members, across Europe, Brazil and China

QualiPSoQualiPSo ((Quality Platform for Open Quality Platform for Open Source SoftwareSource Software))

QualiPSo consortiumQualiPSo consortium

General InformationGeneral Information

• Project Acronym: QualiPSo• Project Title: Quality Platform for Open Source Software• Project instrument: Integrated Project• Contract Number: 034763• Consortium: 18 organisations from 9 countries (3

continents) • Thematic area: Open development Platforms for

software and services • Duration: 51 months (important results from every year)• Budget: 17.3 MEuro (Funding 10.4 MEuro)

QualiPSo research activities and resultsQualiPSo research activities and results

• Legal Issues (INRIA, FR)

• Business Models (SIEMENS, DE)• Interoperability (FOKUS, DE)• Information Management (TELEFOONICA I+D, ES)• Trustworthy results (INSUBRIA, IT)• Trustworthy processes (FUB, IT)• QualiPSo Factory (THALES, FR)

• QualiPSo Competence Centers (BULL, FR)

Qualipso servicesQualipso services

QualiPSo (FLOSS)Competence Centers NetworkQualiPSo (FLOSS)Competence Centers Network•QualiPSo Competence Centres form a Network (federative model) sharing the same ethics, methods and tools•Act locally but cooperate globally•Provide expertise and a common set of services on a variety of topics related to quality•Each Competence Centre has its own legal model and be self-sustainable•Already opened: Spain, Brasil, Germany, Japan, Italy•To be opened: Poland (PSNC, 06/2010), France (Bull, Mandriva), China, Belgium

PSNC-FOKUS in QualiPSoPSNC-FOKUS in QualiPSo

• Interoperability activity (led by Fokus)-Technical, main result: presented in joint paper on eChallenges 2009 Software Interoperability

Testing for Non-Professional Testers, Published in: eChallenges e-2009 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation Ltd 2009, ISBN 978-1-905824-13-7

-Semantic: semantic mapping approach (FOKUS know-how) adopted by PSNC in semantic-based cross forge project migration PoC (proof-of-concept)

-Organisational: main results are „Development of guidelines for the implementation of organizational interoperability”

„Evaluation of guidelines for the implementation of organizational interoperability”It evaluates the guidelines for the implementation of organizational interoperability on a basis of a concrete scenario demonstrating how organizational interoperability can be implemented between the partners establishing a new QualiPSo Competence Centre and how this competence centre can achieve organizational interoperability with other competence centres or with members of the QualiPSo consortium to get the necessary consultancy from them.

• Competence CentersFOKUS opened its CC in 2009 (03/2009)

PSNC is openning its CC in 2010 (06/2010)

• The code: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/xfmigration/

• The demo „Cross forge project migration proof of concept demo in 5 minutes”– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEwfcli2fu0

Importing phase

Mapping phase

Exporting phase

To support FLOSS development and adoption.

Main goals:

• to improve FLOSS development productivity and quality, in particular through the usage of unique QualiPSo project results,

• to foster the adoption and developement of FLOSS,

• to support FLOSS based R&D&I initiatives.

QualiPSo CCs mission and main goalsQualiPSo CCs mission and main goals

QualiPSo CCs ServicesQualiPSo CCs Services

Minimum common set of QualiPSo services(two of three are mandatory)

• Factory Services - FLOSS project hosting

• Consulting Services - software development knowledge base, training and consulting

- QualiPSo results, software development best practices, FLOSS based solutions and FLOSS in general

• Labelling Services - QualiPSo Label indicates that OSS, OSS development process or resource have passed through QualiPSo Quality Process

-comprises training prior evaluation, consultancy and assessment

FOKUS QUALIPSO CCFOKUS QUALIPSO CC

• The mission: to foster OSS development and adoption.

• Currently specialized on consulting services, the portfolio of services and solutions will be quickly expanded and enriched over time.

• The Competence Center offers three different types of services: • An OSS developer platform (FOKUS Qualipso Factory)

BerliOS: http://www.berlios.de

• Consulting services (FOKUS Qualipso Consulting Services)

The FOKUS Qualipso Consulting Services helps to bridge the gap between open source and closed source products. A main contribution will be the demonstration of interoperability between different open source as well as open source and closed source implementations.

Being also closely related to the Fokus eGovernment-Lab, the FOKUS Qualipso Consulting Services delivers OSS and combined solutions ready to meet the special needs of governmental applications. Fokus Qualipso Consulting Services offers the integration of OSS components into existing closed source infrastructures (proof of interoperability), migration from closed source to open source infrastructures, proof of concepts for setting up closed and/or open source infrastructures, show cases and compliance with the Qualipso Label.

• Quality reviews and certification (FOKUS Qualipso Labeling Services)

The Fokus Qualipso Competence Center will offer Qualipso Labeling Services, which will certify the quality of the labeled OSS product, developer or company. This service shall be available by 2010.

PSNC QUALIPSO CC (2010-2011)PSNC QUALIPSO CC (2010-2011)

• Phase 1: Support internal FLOSS activities of PSNC • Development and adoption of FLOSS• Collaborative development and technical support• FLOSS quality

– Test the QualiPSo results in practice, broaden the experience, build and improve the knowledge base

• Phase 2: External services on FLOSS and its quality– OSS users and communities, public administration,

ICT industry - companies using, producing and integrating FLOSS.

– Support FLOSS usage, development and quality

PSNC-FOKUS Competence Centers cooperationPSNC-FOKUS Competence Centers cooperation

• Common interests in the scope of QualiPSo project results- interoperability- hosting platforms (FOKUS: BerliOS)

• Flosscc.org network - international network of Free/Libre Open Source Software(FLOSS) Competence Centers under Open Source Initiative (OSI)umbrella- initiated under the Open World Forum (OWF) flag in 2009

• FLOSS Competence Centers summit at OWF - 2009 coordinated by FOKUS- 2010 coordinated by PSNC

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