ESAP, the ESCAPE ESFRI Science Analysis Platform, is being developed to provide a flexible toolkit for constructing science platforms.
ESAP, the ESFRI Science Analysis Platform, is being developed within the ESCAPE project to provide a flexible toolkit for constructing science platforms.
It provides capabilities to quickly unite a range of data access and analysis services --- in particular those developed by the ESCAPE project --- behind a single, consistent but customizable, user interface.
This paper provides a brief overview of ESAP's aims, its architecture, and its current and expected future capabilities.
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\section{ESCAPE and ESAP}
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The ESCAPE Project\footnote{\url{https://www.projectescape.eu}} brings together the astronomy, astroparticle, and particle physics communities to address fundamental challenges in data-driven research, inspired by the goals and needs of major European research infrastructures, or ESFRIs.
The ESCAPE project\footnote{\url{https://www.projectescape.eu}} brings together the astronomy, astroparticle, and particle physics communities to address fundamental challenges in data-driven research, inspired by the goals and needs of major European research infrastructures, or ESFRIs.
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\item{Data discovery and retrieval from a range of archives and data repositories;}
\item{Exploration of, and discovery of relevant tools within, the ESCAPE software repository;}
\item{Exploration and discovery of relevant tools within the ESCAPE software repository;}
\item{Access to a range of compute and analysis services provided both by project partners and by other facilities;}
\item{Orchestration of data, services, and software to help users create and access research environments that meet their particular needs.}
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\item{The capability to search and discover data on the Rucio\footnote{\url{https://rucio.cern.ch}}-based ESCAPE data lake;}
\item{The ability to locate software in the ESCAPE project software repository, and to stage that software to BinderHub\footnote{\url{https://binderhub.readthedocs.io/}}-based interactive data analysis services;}
\item{Bi-directional data transfer between the ESAP ``shopping basket'' and Python-based analysis services;}
\item{Integration with the ESCAPE Project's Identity \& Access Management system.}
\item{Integration with the ESCAPE project's Identity \& Access Management system.}
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Future work is expected to focus on:
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A test system is available at \url{https://sdc-dev.astron.nl/esap-gui}.
ESAP is currently under heavy development; stability and uptime are not guaranteed, but your feedback is always welcome.
\acknowledgements ESCAPE European Science Cluster of Astronomy \& Particle physics ESFRI research Infrastructures has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement n$^\mathrm{o}$ 824064.
The ESCAPE community on Zenodo\footnote{\url{https://zenodo.org/search?page=1&size=20&q=escape2020}} provides access to a range of additional ESCAPE deliverables and documentation, as well as third party software packaged for use with ESAP.
\acknowledgements ESCAPE European Science Cluster of Astronomy \& Particle physics ESFRI research Infrastructures has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement n$^\mathrm{o}$ 824064.
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