Common use of Future Development Plans Clause in Contracts

Future Development Plans. Batch Processing (▇▇▇▇▇▇) gave an overview of the current status of, and plans for further developing, batch processing capabilities within ESAP. Refer to §§2.3.7 & 2.4 of this document for an overview of these plans. A key aim of this talk was to solicit guidance from the community about which batch systems they regard as a priority, as well as developer effort to help integrate ESAP with their own systems. The WP5 leadership adopts the position that selection of a batch system or systems should be largely community driven: rather than WP5 choosing a standardized system, WP5 will work with the community to enable whatever batch systems they require (within the limits of available resources). The primary advocates of ESAP interfaces with batch computing come from CTA, who require interfaces with DIRAC. We agreed that development would prioritize this work; members of the community were encouraged to work with WP5 developers to push this effort forward. Managed Database (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) discussed the Managed Database service being proposed for ESAP (§2.3.9), including an impressive live demo. The discussion focused around technical aspects of the system: the tech‐ nologies used, and how they could be integrated with the rest of the ESAP system. The suggestion of the Managed Database service being used as the basis for potential improvements to the shopping basket (§2.3.3) was discussed. This could unlock a range of new possibilities. However, the Managed Database is currently an immature prototype, and the work package is cognizant of its commitments to make robust deliveries of promised functionality on time. The current plan is therefore to continue development of the existing shopping basket system, while working on the Managed Database service in parallel and remaining alert to opportunities for future enhancements. Interested members of the community were encouraged to connect directly with the WP5 developers to provide additional use cases and guide the development effort.