I3S meeting notes

27 September 2019: progress meeting

Progress report

WP1

Finally, ARC is Service 1 and the corresponding deliverable is published. For service 2 we can wait before deciding which one it will be. Service 2 must be delivered in November, and Service 3 in March 2020.

ARC-Relais

Istat has been working on the new Relais:

• The software will be shared next week; the code has been updated on GitHub. A mail to everyone will announce the new version.
• A document on the Relais database model and an user guide are being written.

Regarding ARC:

• The development is very active, as can be seen on the GitHub repository.
• The reuse case for ARC in Istat still needs to be refined.

PXWeb

• The .NET version of PXWeb is now open source, and it is planned to convert it to .NET Core so that it can run on Linux, but this is a big investment. A basic .NET Core conversion could be realized for March 2020, but more time will be needed for a complete version.
• There is no problem with publishing a Windows version if later in the project we publish the .NET Core version. A Windows container is deployable on the WP3 platform.
• So, Relais could be Service 2 (to be discussed during the Paris meeting next week). If not, PXWeb for .NET would be Service 2, but a new version would be realeased when the .NET Core version is available.

Guidelines on the best practices (deliverable D1.5)

• Istat shared a template for the document in August, but there is still work to be done.
• It is desirable that best practices cover all the project, not only the developing activities. It is proposed to have a track during the Toulouse hackathon in order to summarize all the experiments.
• Istat will improve a few sections of the D1.5 draft before a new publication by mid-October.

WP2

• The discussion on WP1 and WP2 overlaps has begun and should be continued during the Toulouse hackathon.
• The draft versions of the architectural guidelines and the cookbook have been delivered. Now it is planned to update these documents and to mention CSPA in the architectural document.
• In October, a mini sprint between Sweden and Norway will take place in order to align on the recommandations.
• Reminder: send videos from the Rome hackathon: only one was received so far.

WP3

• First delivery slip delivered for the packaging of Service 1
• The blueprint is being implemented. Terraform is used for creating the platform, and Kubernetes for deploying the containers.
• SSB Norway will use its Google account fot the cloud platform.

WP4

• No news from INE. Deliverable D4.1 and the final version of the questionnaire should have been delivered.
• Insee has elaborated a flyer about the JDemetra+ success story. In November, during a DIGICOM meeting in Brussels, a video of the JDemetra+ team will be made.
• It is proposed to make the same things (flyer and video) for ARC, Relais and PXWeb.
• Istat proposes the idea of a bookmark.
• Where will the videos be published? In the CSPA catalogue?

WP5

• Ideas of events for communication of the ESSnet works can be added by all on the wiki.
• We could do a software demo during ICES VI. That sould be submitted before December.
• More theoretical presentations can be made during Quality 2020.

Preparation of the Toulouse hackathon

Participants

The following participants are confirmed:

• Istat: 3 participants, names to be provided shortly
• Norway: Trygve and Rune
• Sweden: Jakob, Henrik and Hakim, plus another person financed by Eurostat
• France: Franck, Benoît, Romain, Manuel, Nicolas (from Tuesday to Thursday)
• Portugal: ?
• experts: Hadrien (from Tuesday to Thursday) and one or two people from CBS
• Eurostat: Pierre and Mihai

Everybody will participate to the social activities (dinner and visit).

Agenda

The provisional agenda should be refined, and names of persons in charge for each session decided.

List of tracks:

• a track on communication kit (resp.: Antonio, or Benoît)
• a track on architecture (resp.: Jakob)
• a track on development, will be discussed during the Paris mini-hackathon regarding the functionalities to be developed (resp.: Romain)
• a track or a specific presentation on Friday morning on the notebooks (resp.: Norway)
• intermezzo (Wednesday afternoon): CSPA and I3S, articulations between both initiatives (resp.: Matjaz or Ronald)
• a session for evaluating the deliverables ?

Budget

The budget is currently under-consumed, Insee will provide information on the degrees of freedom (switch budget between members or between types of resources).