Vo definition

“A VO is a group of researchers with similar interests and requirements, who are able to work collaboratively with other members and/or share resources (e.g. data, software, expertise, CPU, storage space) regardless of geographical location.”

Public XML feed for VOIDCards :

Private XML feed for VOIDCards :

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How do we collect the users ?

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Vo name :

Vo name

Each virtual organization must have a unique name.
The name must conform to DNS naming conventions and contain only lower-case letters.
Names within the egi.eu domain are controlled by the EGI User Community Support Team Representatives.
Other domains may be used, but you must have the right to allocate (or obtain) names within that domain.

Minimal restrictions are:

- VO name uniqueness will be enforced through technical implementation.
- VO name should be using alphanumerical characters plus the following characters "-" and "."
- VO name MUST be lowercase
- VO name should not be an offending word in any language.
- VO name should not be just a sequence of characters. Especially, names like "aaa" will be refused.

Format: vo.egi.eu

Scope

Official scope values

GLOBAL: the VO is supported by sites from multiple countries and all of these countries are represented by its National Grid Infrastructure (NGI); comprises an international user community and/or has international resources coming from sites of different countries represented by their National Grid Infrastructures (NGIs).

NATIONAL: the VO is supported by sites that belong to one country which is represented by its National Grid Infrastructure (NGI); The supporting NGI is indicated in the scope of the VO, like for example NGI-Italy or NGI-France. Members of the VO might come from or outside of the NGI depending on the Acceptable Use Policy of the VO.

Note that the new definitions specify the Scope based on the location of the sites. The members of the VO can come from anywhere as long as the AUP allows this. This concept would allow the usage of national VOs by foreign users and would encourage international collaborations without needing to change VO registration in the Operations Portal.

See official documentation

Discipline

This defines the primary (scientific) discipline for the VO.
If you choose 'other', please use the description field to explain/comment about the discipline of the VO