HASS Grid Portal Tool

To provide a bridge between the Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS) Grid and collections of domain-specific data, the University of California Humanities Research Institute in collaboration with National University Institute has created a Grid and Portal application. This system allows the user to build a layered information portal and deploy a group digital library to support terabyte-scale storage for information and data transfer between individual researchers and/or research groups within HASS domains. Consistent with the HASS Grid architecture, the system is compliant with emerging Grid standards, currently incorporating API's for SRB and commodity gridbricks. Several research groups are currently testing the HASS portal and grid infrastructure, including groups studying the history of Jews in Los Angeles and the objects of media studies.