Identification of forms and components of VO inheritance

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLANDECOLEADRequirements of SME networks for VO inheritance• Contribution to VO inheritance should appear rewarding and beneficial for theactors.• The information has to be easily accessible for all different users• In some cases the amount of data may be a problem for its use, but in most casesthe capture is the main problem.• The contributions required from VO participants should be made as easy and shortas possible.• Part of the needed data could be created automatically or semi-automatically fromthe VO monitoring and operation. Collection of VO experience should partly happenas part of the VO management tasks.• Templates should be created to capture knowledge in order to allow categorizationof information. On the other hand, a sophisticated structure is not as important aseasy search.• The right level of openness and transparency should be found. In most cases it isunrealistic to have totally “open books”.• All networks are not homogeneous; especially when they are in a growing phase.Part of the companies have more experience than the others and don’t need all thatinformation which again may be necessary for newcomers of the network.12.9.2007Pro-VE 2007 Iris Karvonen18