DFC release roadmap
Mike Conway
- Jargon 4.0.2.5 - this is a very minor update to Jargon with small tweaks in response to testing and release of WebDav and REST
- iRODS WebDav 4.0.2.5 - first production release of WebDav
level 2 support with the new Milton.io enterprise keys included,
in collaboration with the iRODS Consortium. The RC1 was just
announced. This can provide easy integration of iRODS into
Windows Explorer and Mac Finder with zero iRODS configuration.
- iRODS REST 4.0.2.5 - Align version numbers with WebDav, pick
up minor fixes in Jargon 4.0.2.5. Integrate iRODS into
JavaScript, or any other language that supports CURL like
operations and XML or JSON processing!
- iRODS ModeShape 4.0.2.5 - First release of a ModeShape/Infinispan connector, providing standard Java for Content Repositories (JCR) support for iRODS data grids
- CyberDuck/iRODS integration - We anticipate a release of
CyberDuck support using the new Jargon API, compatible up to
iRODS 4.1.7, giving a familiar drag-and-drop interface for Mac
and Windows desktops. This effort has been spearheaded by the
iPlant collaborative and DFC in collaboration with the
developers of CyberDuck, and iRODS capabilities will be a part
of the CyberDuck tool.
Following on, we will be doing a feature and fix release of the
DFC Cloud Browser web interface, including rule editing and
execution, as well as preview/document editing features based on
iPlant code in Discovery Environment. (Edit spreadsheets, create
and edit various doc types and rule files). This feature
development cycle is beginning now, and also includes easier
packaging and deployment using Gulp, along with our first set of
Selenium automated tests.
The above goes a long way towards simple, ubiquitous access to
iRODS. Since iRODS is a policy managed data grid, any of these
clients provide the same policy enforcement point hooks, audit,
and access controls that only iRODS can provide!
Primarily, DFC is working with the iPlant collaborative and the
Odum Institute at UNC to install the iPlant Discovery Environment
over the DFC grid. This is a complex undertaking, and will result
in a rich experience for the research data life-cycle. DE is
composed of many services for metadata management, indexing and
search, application and computation support, as well as
notifications. The intent is to adopt and integrate many of these
component services across the general DataNet Federation
Consortium service API. Many threads and a good deal of work is
starting to come together. This is open source, and I'd like to
invite the community to pitch in to test, contribute to, and help
guide the evolution of DFC and the iRODS platform in general!
This work, as well as the amazing work on the core server and rule
engine being accomplished in the iRODS Consortium, means it is a
very exciting time to work in open source data management.
Cheers
MC
-- Mike Conway Java and Integration Architect - DataNet Federation Consortium GitHub: https://github.com/DICE-UNC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-conway/5/78a/231