Glossary

DataSlots: Specification of in- or output of a ProcessingStep. A Job will show the current DataSlots for configuration and after execution to access data.

Job: A instance of a computational function. Contains configuration, related WorkData, errors and results. Shows current state of execution.

JobOffer: A configured Job which is posted to the system to be executed. Is picked up by a worker capable of processing it.

JMA: JobManagement-Application, the server that contains the business logic, the API and integration to ProCon.

ProcessingStep: A computational function accompanied by system generated manifest which contains meta information for the function

ProcessingStep manifest: Meta information for a computational function like, name, version, IO signature and description

ProCon - Processing Container: Wrapper around a computational functions. Abstracting communication, validation. generates the ProcessingStep manifests for its functions

tasks / actions: A command to the API which executes business logic on a specific resource.

WorkData: Data in the system combined with meta data. Can be user or produced by a Job.

Worker: A cluster node running ProCon container to process JobOffers.