System environments

Oliver is being designed to work in a specific set of environments.

##Domain Objects

A domain object is something outside a system that the system interacts with. Domain objects could include system users and other systems. For Oliver, these are:

• Users – people with the right to access information held on this specific platform

  • Analyst
  • Developer
  • Platform manager
  • Network manager
  • Data owner
  • Tool owner

• Data sources – information about specific topics or areas

  • Remote datastores – data held at sites outside the platform system. Some datastores will be private, and will be accessible only to queries made from the UN parts of the system.
  • Local datastores - data held either within or connected to the platform
  • Remote datastreams
  • Local datastreams

• Tools – applications for accessing manipulating and making sense of data

  • Remote tools
  • Local tools

• Systems

  • other Oliver platforms
  • processor farms – large-scale computing sites (e.g. EU Grid)