HELIPORT

Abstract

Modern scientific collaborations and projects (MSCPs) employ various processing stages, starting with the proposal submission, continuing with data acquisition and concluding with final publications. The realization of such MSCPs poses a huge challenge due to (1) the complexity and diversity of the tools, (2) the heterogeneity of various involved computing and experimental platforms, (3) flexibility of analysis targets towards data acquisition and (4) data throughput. Another challenge for MSCPs is to provide additional metadata according to the FAIR principles for all processing stages for internal and external use. Consequently, the demand for a system, that assists the scientist in all project stages and archives all processes on the basis of metadata standards like DataCite to make really everything transparent, understandable and citable, has risen considerably. The aim of this project is the development of the HELmholtz ScIentific Project WORkflow PlaTform (HELIPORT), which ensures data provenance by accommodating the complete life cycle of a scientific project and linking all employed programs and systems. The modular structure of HELIPORT enables the deployment of the core applications to different Helmholtz centers (HZs) and can be adapted to center-specific needs simply by adding or replacing individual components. HELIPORT is based on modern web technologies and can be used on different platforms.