A Validation Framework for the Long Term Preservation of High Energy Physics Data

20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics

物理学;计算机科学

Ozerov, Dmitri^1 ; South, David M.^1

Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, Hamburg

22607, Germany^1

关键词: Analysis softwares;    Automatically test;    Computing environments;    Data preservations;    Long-term preservation;    Preservation project;    Study Groups;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042043/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042043

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The study group on data preservation in high energy physics, DPHEP, is moving to a new collaboration structure, which will focus on the implementation of preservation projects, such as those described in the group's large scale report published in 2012. One such project is the development of a validation framework, which checks the compatibility of evolving computing environments and technologies with the experiments software for as long as possible, with the aim of substantially extending the lifetime of the analysis software, and hence of the usability of the data. The framework is designed to automatically test and validate the software and data of an experiment against changes and upgrades to the computing environment, as well as changes to the experiment software itself. Technically, this is realised using a framework capable of hosting a number of virtual machine images, built with different configurations of operating systems and the relevant software, including any necessary external dependencies.