Merge pull request #228 from dvs-frbg/patch-6

News Item on DFG presentation in Bonn

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+date: 2024-11-20
+title: DataPLANT defended its proposal for the second funding phase in Bonn
+description: Today, DataPLANT presented in Bonn together with BioDiversity for the oral review of the second round funding pplication within the National Research Infrastructure. The event consisted of individual presentation and questioning sessions ...
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+Today, DataPLANT presented in Bonn together with BioDiversity for the oral review of the second round funding application within the
+National Research Infrastructure. The event consisted of individual presentation and questioning sessions of both consortia in the
+morning, followed by a joint poster session after lunch. The presentation highlighted the major achievements in DataPLANT over the
+past four years. It introduced a slightly modified governance structure, emphasizing key focus areas, and outlined the consortium's
+future developments. Additionally, it presented DataPLANT's sustainability strategy, centering around the open collaboration and
+contribution model. During the poster session, some practical aspects of the ARC, workflows on the PLANTdataHUB and especially the 
+ARCitect were demonstrated. The time was tightly scheduled, and the exchange was intensive. We are looking forward to receive the 
+reviewers further questions at January 15th, 2025.

src/content/news/2024-11-22-dataplant-broadly-present-at-uc4b-in-berlin.md

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+date: 2024-11-22
+title: DataPLANT was broadly present at 1st UC4B in Berlin
+description: The first UC4B event, a two-day conference, was held in Berlin at Fraunhofer FOKUS. The event aimed to showcase the foundational services offered by Base4NFDI, enabling the audience to understand the service portfolio, explore ...
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+The first UC4B event, a two-day conference, was held in Berlin at Fraunhofer FOKUS. The event aimed to 
+showcase the foundational services offered by Base4NFDI, enabling the audience to understand the service 
+portfolio, explore how these services can integrate with the NFDI community, and critically assess their 
+implications for technical interoperability and alignment with local policies. The interactive program 
+included discussions on various services, insights from supporting institutions, and alignment with 
+national and European infrastructures. Base4NFDI is an initiative focused on developing and providing 
+shared research data management services for the NFDI community. The initiative employs an iterative 
+three-step process to facilitate participatory rollout and ensure community consensus. By November 2024, 
+Base4NFDI aims to have several basic services at varying levels of technical maturity.
+
+DataPLANT actively participated in the event, presenting multiple posters and contributing to discussions:
+* Basic Service Proposal outline for GitLab as a shared resource: One of our posters highlighted a Base4NFDI 
+service proposal centered on GitLab for code, documentation versioning, and sharing. This service reflects 
+the consortium’s open collaboration model, addressing the needs of consortia requiring hubs for software 
+and workflow development, material versioning, and collaborative sharing.
+* Flexible Cloud-Based RDM Services as blueprint for further architecture discussions: Another poster 
+showcased DataPLANT's cloud-based infrastructure, offering tools and services to support RDM of it's target
+community. The flexible microservices architecture supports both on-premises deployments and potential 
+integration into a shared NFDI infrastructure. The core component, the PLANTDataHUB, facilitates RDM 
+workflows across the data lifecycle—from development to publication. Storage considerations were also 
+emphasized, particularly for data security, protection, and scalability. Discussions focused on fostering 
+collaboration with other NFDI consortia to identify required services and establish principles for service 
+development and deployment, contributing to joint infrastructure efforts like Base4NFDI.
+* Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) - joint activity for e.g. remote full desktop training environments:
+A third poster, developed jointly with NFDI4BIOIMAGE, presented the current state of their VDI developments. 
+This infrastructure could eventually serve as a basic service, enabling broader usability within the NFDI 
+ecosystem.
+
+On the second day, a presentation given by two DataPLANT team members covered the state of DataPLANT’s 
+user management system. Built on established Community AAIs (CAAI), it integrates services like Life 
+Sciences AAI and ORCID with local authentication through the central DataPLANT authentication service. 
+The infrastructure leverages Keycloak, an AAI proxy developed by RedHat, to unify multiple authentication 
+systems using modern protocols like OpenID Connect and SAML, enabling seamless identity brokering.
+
+The conference attracted nearly 200 participants both on-site and online. It provided an excellent platform 
+for engaging with colleagues during breaks and evening events. DataPLANT’s contributions were well-received, 
+sparking valuable discussions on service interoperability, infrastructure development, and future 
+collaborations within the NFDI ecosystem.

src/content/news/2024-11-25-beyond-authorization-on-accounting.md

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+date: 2024-11-25
+title: Beyond Authorization - Talk at UC4B on it's state of CAAI implementation and potential next steps
+description:  At the 1st UC4B event in Berlin, DataPLANT delivered a brief presentation on the state of our consortium's user management system, which builds upon existing Community AAIs (CAAI) and reflects our ongoing collaboration with IAM4NFDI ...
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+At the 1st UC4B event in Berlin, DataPLANT delivered a brief presentation on the state of our 
+consortium's user management system, which builds upon existing Community AAIs (CAAI) and 
+reflects our ongoing collaboration with IAM4NFDI. This presentation sparked a lively discussion 
+with members of other consortia during the subsequent break.
+
+Over four years of operating DataPLANT, we have identified a pressing need for streamlined processes 
+to enable effective cooperation among computing centers for various RDM services, both within and 
+beyond the NFDI. To address this, the following aspects should be considered in future discussions 
+and planning:
+* Authorization: Efficient allocation of resources and setting resource limits.
+* Resouce allocation workflow: Enabling users to compile a "shopping cart" of desired resources after successful authentication, which can then be approved by their home organization.
+* Accounting and Forecasting: Providing real-time accounting information and resource usage forecasts.
+* Usage Reports: Generating detailed reports on resource utilization over specific timeframes.
+* Legal Framework: Developing a cooperative legal framework, inspired by models such as the DFN-Cloud.
+
+A basic free service model combined with paid extras would be a practical approach. This would prevent 
+excessive fragmentation, overheads and ensure smaller users can easily access essential resources 
+provided by some basic funding. There is already significant experience in implementing many of these 
+aspects among computing centers active in the NFDI, which can serve as a valuable foundation for future 
+development.