Common use of BioMed Applications Clause in Contracts

BioMed Applications. A clear lesson from DataGrid is the necessity to establish strong and lasting relationships between the end users and the groups developing middleware. This connection requires expertise in middleware technology as well as in biomedical science to be able to correctly transmit the needs of end users in a language and a format understandable by technology developers. Maintaining a lively connection is also time consuming as it requires following the middleware evolution as well as the evolution of the application deployment. Moreover, it is not sufficient to inform middleware developers of user needs. When new services are made available by developers to meet specific requirements, it is important to inform the user community on the availability of these new services and the necessity to test them. As a result, one FTE from CNRS shared with the other application areas will be dedicated to this task.

BioMed Applications. A clear lesson from DataGrid DataGRID is the necessity to establish strong and lasting relationships between the end users and the groups developing middleware. This connection requires expertise in middleware technology as well as in biomedical science to be able to correctly transmit the needs of end users in a language and a format understandable by technology developers. Maintaining a lively connection is also time consuming as it requires following the middleware evolution as well as the evolution of the application deployment. Moreover, it is not sufficient to inform middleware developers of user needs. When new services are made available by developers to meet specific requirements, it is important to inform the user community on the availability of these new services and the necessity to test them. As a result, one FTE from CNRS shared with the other application areas will be dedicated to this task.