Common use of Objectives for work package Clause in Contracts

Objectives for work package. 2 – GridCafé, GridCast and GridGuide This work package covers a suite of three high quality interactive websites: GridCafé, GridCast and GridGuide. GridCafé was created by CERN and the design company APO prior to the start of GridTalk and further developed during the project. All three web sites target slightly different sectors of the GridTalk and e-ScienceTalk audiences. Common to all three sites, as well as all GridTalk’s printed materials, is the outstanding design input from APO, a factor that is considered by the consortium to be a major contributor to the success of GridTalk. The reviewers also commended the extremely high standards attained stating: “The reviewers note the consistent high quality of the dissemination materials, both content (writing and subjects covered) and graphics.” GridCafé The GridCafé website (xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) was launched by CERN in 2003, with the aim of explaining to non-experts in a simple and stimulating fashion “what grid computing is and what it could soon be.” It was nominated for both Pirelli International and Webby awards. GridCafé has been translated into several languages, including Spanish and French and it is widely cited as a primary web-based introduction and source of information about the grid. Screenshot of the home page for the GridCafé website As one of the few places where grid computing is presented without bias to a specific grid or project, the GridCafé website is already widely used as a reference by many grid project websites, including the Open Grid Forum (OGF), a standards body for grids and the Enabling Grids for E-sciencE project. GridCafé also featured prominently in the coverage of grid computing during CERN’s publicity campaign surrounding the start up of the Large Hadron Collider in September 2008. Grids were covered in the mainstream press, including on the BBC News website3, in the London Times4 and the Telegraph5.