www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 EGI-InSPIRE www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 AppDB usage and features 23/09/2013 1 Nuno Ferreira User Community Support Team EGI.eu, Amsterdam [email protected] 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Overview  AppDB service overview  Features highlighted  Usability  Quality of information  Information retrieval  Taxonomy  Dissemination of information  Integration 23/09/2013 2 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 AppDB Features  Usability • accessibility • navigation • content  Information retrieval • advanced searching mechanism (rated search results) • 'faceted search' mechanism, for search refinements  dissemination of information • custom RSS/Atom news feeds • news e-mail subscription lists • focused user communication (messaging, requests, etc) • special dissemination tool for sending ad- hoc messages to a group of scientist • 'follow' button for receiving all the activity related to a registered SW item • dissemination features customizable through user preferences  quality of information • application tagging, ratting, commenting • per application contact expertise information • application problem and comment abuse report  taxonomy • technical classification • scientific classification • tags  Integration  Gadget  API 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Applications Database? 4 Visits: > 25k / year http://appdb.egi.eu Software entries (476) People (742) Publications 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 AppDB frontend 5 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323  Accessibility  +r world  +w EGI Single Sign On  Navigation : uses browser’s history mechanism Usability 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Quality of information Metadata  Tagging  Rating  Commenting  Sanitization  Contacts 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Information retrieval Powerful searching mechanism  Rated search results  Faceted search (multiple filters) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Taxonomy: technical classification 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Taxonomy: scientific classification A new scientific classification 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Dissemination of information (1/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Dissemination of information (2/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Dissemination tool (1/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Dissemination tool (2/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Tune dissemination  E-mail settings  Dissemination & Communication  Notifications  API key management 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Integration: API • Main aim: Third party registries, portals, databases and clients can add or update content in the AppDB Database. • Typical use case: The API could used by the grid/cloud developer environments, for registering new software in the EGI AppDB Database as part of their development projects. • Authenticated access: apikey, username, password • Defining net filters: location of the portal/service making use of the apikey API doc. with examples and sample use cases is available @ EGI Wiki 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Integration: gadget (1/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Integration: gadget (2/2) 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 AppDB features story • +w for SSO; + r API; VO integration; User profile; GUI • Search; Tags; Feeds; Performance; Browser compatibilities 2011 • Browser’s history; Stat charts; Dissemination tool • Category taxonomy; +w API 2012 • New look & feel; Releases & community repository • New sci. classification; Facet search; Google search. 2013 • Social network • Virtual appliance marketplace, … Dev 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Contact/Assistance • EGI Requirements Tracker [http://rt.egi.eu] • EGI Helpdesk [http://helpdesk.egi.eu] • AppDB development team [[email protected]] • EGI User Community Support team [[email protected]] 

www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 EGI-InSPIRE www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 AppDB usage and features 23/09/2013 21 Nuno Ferreira User Community Support Team EGI.eu, Amsterdam [email protected]