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Use Case ID Titlesort descending Area End User
CB-09 Access a community data collection from campus Community Building
CI-15 Access a directory of people and groups within a community Community Building
RC-09 Access a repository of files from a cloud resource administered by the researcher Community Building
RC-08 Access a repository of files from a compute resource administered by a service provider Community Building
CB-04 Access campus research data from a community resource Community Building
SPI-04 Access resource information from an application Community Building
CI-01 Access system information Community Building
SGW-01 Acquire credentials that allow use of community resources Community Building
SPI-05 Active account information Community Building
IAAS-10 Add a science gateway operator to an API-enabled IaaS allocation Scientific Computing
DM-10 Add metadata search features to an application Scientific Data
P2-03 Add resources to allocations process Account Management
P2-09 Allocation data reporting and access Account Management
DA-03 Analyze data from research instruments Scientific Data
DA-04 Analyze data generated by a simulation Scientific Data
CB-11 Archive research data on a community resource Community Building
IDM-13 Authenticate to a resource’s OpenStack API Account Management
CAN-06 Authenticate with an application Enabling Functions
GRP-10 Automate a group's configuration Account Management
SW-01 Automate a project using a workflow manager Scientific Computing
CI-03 Automate changes to system information Community Building
DM-03 Automate data ingestion from a set of sensors or instruments Scientific Data
DM-07 Automatically extract metadata from data objects Scientific Data
P2-08 Award or reject allocation request Account Management
CB-16 Build a cluster using a community guide or toolkit Community Building
FI-03 Build a research information technology discovery service that lists services from multiple organizations Community Building
IDM-03 Change a community user profile Account Management
FI-01 Conduct a high-throughput computing project using resources from multiple communities Community Building
CI-08 Conduct an engineering review of a community contribution Community Building
SPI-13 Configure a service to use high-assurance X.509 certificates for user access Community Building
SPI-15 Configure notifications regarding resource allocations and individual users Community Building
DM-02 Coordinated computing with a shared data collection Scientific Data
IAAS-07 Create an instance of a published computer system or storage volume Scientific Computing
DM-01 Create and share a data collection Scientific Data
RC-10 Create or modify the contents of a repository that will be accessed on many resources Community Building
P2-10 Customize allocation request data fields Account Management
FCI-04 Data management (set up SE) Community Building
CB-15 Develop an application or gateway that submits tasks to any of the high-throughput computing queues available to a campus Community Building
IAAS-06 Discover a relevant computer system or storage volume Scientific Computing
CI-09 Discover and inspect system capabilities currently under development Community Building
CI-10 Discover and review engineering documents for a specific capability or component Community Building
HPC-08 Discover batch hardware, configuration, and status information Scientific Computing
CI-05 Discover current and desired system capabilities, their availability, and their implementation status Community Building
DA-01 Discover data analysis resources and documentation Scientific Data
FI-04 Discover research information technology offered by multiple organizations Community Building
CI-07 Discuss a community activity Community Building
GRP-17 Drive project membership with an email message Account Management
IAAS-08 Dynamically acquire and manage hosted computer systems and/or storage volumes Scientific Computing
SPI-06 Emergency account suspension Community Building
SPI-07 Enable a research community to install software on a resource Community Building
SGW-04 Enable gateway users to transfer files to or from a community resource Community Building
P2-02 Establish allocation review panel Account Management
P2-04 Establish an allocation Submission Opportunity Account Management
P2-01 Establish an Allocations Process Account Management
CAN-09 Establish and manage a community identity Enabling Functions
SGW-06 Estimate when a job submitted to a community resource is likely to finish Community Building
RC-06 Find a software container that will help set up a specific runtime environment Community Building
RC-04 Find where a specific application or service is available within the system Community Building
VIS-03 Generate visualization data for later viewing Scientific Data
SPI-02 Guided resource discovery Community Building
SPI-12 Host a repository of files so it can be accessed on many resources and automatically populated Community Building
SPI-11 Host a repository of files so it can be accessed on many resources and manually populated by authorized individuals Community Building
CB-01 InCommon-based Authentication Community Building
RC-03 Install software on a resource for use by a research community Community Building
GRP-05 Invite members to a group Account Management
DM-12 Large-scale data transfer Scientific Data
CI-12 Learn about a community Community Building
CI-13 Learn about a community's resources for researchers Community Building
CI-14 Learn how to provide services within a community Community Building
IDM-05 Link or unlink an identity from another organization Account Management
IDM-02 Login to a community’s user portal with a community username and password Account Management
IDM-04 Login to a community’s user portal with an identity from another organization Account Management
IDM-07 Login to a locally installed application with a community identity Account Management
IDM-08 Login to a locally installed application with an SSH/X.509 key Account Management
IDM-06 Login to a web application or science gateway with a community identity Account Management
IDM-15 Lookup affiliated institutions for a community identity Account Management
P2-06 Manage review of Submissions to an Allocations Opportunity Account Management
CI-11 Manage the source code, documentation, and installable packages for a capability Community Building
RC-02 Manage usage within an allocation Community Building
CAN-02 Managed data transfer Enabling Functions
GRP-02 Manually create a group Account Management
DM-05 Manually create metadata for a data object Scientific Data
CI-02 Manually publish system information Community Building
GRP-03 Manually view or manage the configuration or membership of a group Account Management
DM-04 Migrate data to a new resource Scientific Data
IDM-17 Obtain a high-assurance X.509 certificate Account Management
CB-17 Obtain a list of individuals at a specific campus who have allocations Community Building
CB-18 Obtain a list of individuals at a specific campus who have used science gateways Community Building
IDM-16 Obtain affiliated institutions when an individual logs in to a service Account Management
SPI-10 Obtain expert help with resolving a system vulnerability Community Building
SGW-05 Obtain information about a community resource Community Building
SPI-18 Offer a web interface for a community resource Community Building
CAN-04 Open a command shell on a login server Enabling Functions
RC-01 Participate in a research discussion forum Community Building
FCI-02 Pilot job submission (set up CE) Community Building
DM-11 Post-allocation data access Scientific Data
DA-02 Prepare data for analysis Scientific Data
IAAS-11 Protect a virtual cluster by creating a bastion host Scientific Computing
CB-13 Provide a simple interface to access any of the high-throughput computing queues available to a campus Community Building
IAAS-05 Publish a virtual computer system or storage volume Scientific Computing
CI-16 Publish batch hardware, configuration, and status information Community Building
CI-04 Publish current and desired system capabilities, their availability, and their implementation status Community Building
CAN-11 Publish resource status updates Enabling Functions
SPI-17 Push an alert or information to resource users via a web interface Community Building
CI-06 Rate the priority or quality of a community need or contribution Community Building
CAN-05 Record and summarize the use of a service Enabling Functions
SPI-08 Register availability of a specific application or service for use Community Building
IDM-01 Register with a community Account Management
IAAS-09 Reliably acquire and manage hosted computer systems and/or storage volumes Scientific Computing
CB-03 Remote desktop services for researchers Community Building
CAN-03 Remote File Access Enabling Functions
SPI-14 Report resource usage against allocations Community Building
RC-05 Request a software installation Community Building
IAAS-04 Request and use a virtual cluster Scientific Computing
GRP-06 Request membership in a group Account Management
IAAS-01 Request to use an IaaS host for research Scientific Computing
GRP-01 Researcher manages membership of a project group Account Management
SPI-01 Resource integration console Community Building
SGW-07 Retrieve user specific information using user credentials Community Building
HPC-05 Review performance metrics for one’s own use of a community resource Scientific Computing
CAN-01 Run a remote job Enabling Functions
DM-06 Run a researcher-supplied tool to generate metadata for data objects Scientific Data
HTC-01 Run a set of independent jobs on an HTC resource Scientific Computing
HTC-02 Run a set of interrelated jobs on an HTC resource Scientific Computing
HTC-04 Run a set of interrelated jobs on several HTC resources Scientific Computing
SGW-03 Run an application on a community resource Community Building
DA-07 Run an interactive data science application using a community resource for back-end computation Scientific Data
TS-03 Scan a moderated researcher forum for a solution to a problem other researcher are likely to have had Community Building
SPI-16 Scan a moderated service provider forum for a solution to a problem other SPs are likely to have had Community Building
DM-14 Scrape public websites to gather data Scientific Data
CAN-08 Search for resource information Enabling Functions
DM-09 Search metadata for specific objects of interest Scientific Data
IAAS-03 Self-service acquire and use a hosted storage volume Scientific Computing
IAAS-02 Self-service acquire and use a virtual computer system Scientific Computing
FCI-05 Set up full PanDA site (incl. DB access) Community Building
CB-12 Setup monitoring and usage reporting for a campus HPC resource Community Building
TS-04 Share a read-only view of a remote desktop session with someone else Community Building
SW-03 Share an existing scientific workflow with other researchers Scientific Workflows
SW-03 Share an existing scientific workflow with other researchers Scientific Computing
CB-02 Share the public research computing “environment” with campus resources Community Building
CB-06 Sharing computational facilities among campuses Community Building
IDM-12 Single sign-on across community OpenStack resources Account Management
DM-13 Small-scale data transfer Scientific Data
FCI-03 Software installation (CVMFS) Community Building
IDM-14 SSH access using a community identity for education Account Management
DA-05 Steer a large computation while it runs Scientific Data
DM-08 Store metadata for later use Scientific Data
P2-07 Submission of a Review Account Management
P2-05 Submission of Allocation Request Account Management
HPC-06 Submit and manage jobs on a community resource using a web-enabled device Scientific Computing
HPC-04 Submit jobs to a discounted job queue where they might be interrupted Scientific Computing
CB-14 Submit tasks to any of the high-throughput computing queues available to a campus Community Building
CAN-07 Subscribe to resource status information Enabling Functions
FI-02 Supply an organization’s research information technology information to an aggregation service Community Building
CB-07 Support for commercial service providers Community Building
GRP-09 Synchronize an external group Account Management
CB-10 Synchronize research data between campus and community resources Community Building
SPI-09 Test a system for vulnerabilities using an automated service Community Building
DA-06 Time-critical data analysis Data Analysis
DM-15 Transfer data between a researcher's cloud storage and a community storage system Scientific Data
SGW-02 Transfer files to and from a community resource Community Building
CAN-12 Update resource information Enabling Functions
HPC-07 Upload, download, and edit files on a community resource using a web-enabled device Scientific Computing
IDM-11 Use a community identity for InCommon authentication Account Management
CB-08 Use a community login service with campus login servers Community Building
RC-07 Use a container to create a specific runtime environment on a resource Community Building
GRP-16 Use a group for email distribution Account Management
GRP-15 Use a group for task assignments within an application Account Management
GRP-14 Use a group to control access within an application Account Management
HPC-01 Use a single HPC resource for a research project Scientific Computing
HPC-03 Use a workflow system to conduct a project on HPC resources Scientific Computing
FCI-06 Use as ATLAS production site Community Building
GRP-12 Use groups to control access within a resource Account Management
HPC-02 Use two or more HPC resources for a research project Scientific Computing
SPI-03 View all resource information Community Building
CI-17 View usage data for community resources Community Building
VIS-05 Visualize a simulation as it runs on a remote resource Scientific Data
VIS-04 Visualize and steer a simulation running on a remote resource Scientific Data
VIS-06 Visualize research data using a web application Scientific Data
VIS-02 Visualize research data using streaming geometry data Scientific Data
VIS-01 Visualize research data using streaming video Scientific Data
FCI-01 VO authentication (myProxy services) Community Building
CB-05 Workflow automation combining community and campus resources Community Building

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