Brian Major |
Container Image Metadata in Science Platforms using CANFAR |
15'+5' |
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Containers have become the 'code' in code-to-data science platforms such as CANFAR, the Rubin Science Platform, ESA DataLabs, SciServer, Rosetta, and others. This evolution provides an opportunity for platform interoperability: being able to run science containers, hosted at different containers registries, on different platforms. There are a number of considerations, and among those is the role of container (image) metadata, and how it can be used for container discovery and for consistent, reproducible execution on different science platforms. In this talk we explore the options for container metadata for platform interoperability in the real-world context of CANFAR deployments in the SKA Science Regional Centre Network. |