OneSciencePlace (OSP) is a web-based platform for delivering research and education applications, data access, workflows, collaboration, and publishing in one place.
OSP is designed to make research and teaching capabilities easier to access, use, and manage. It can support a focused need built around a single application or workflow, and it can also grow over time to support additional tools, users, resources, and services.
OSP provides a flexible foundation for projects, programs, and institutions that want a more connected and durable way to deliver research capabilities through the web.
What OSP supports
OSP can support:
- browser-based access to research and educational applications
- interactive and batch computing workflows
- integration with HPC, AI, cloud, storage, and related resources
- data access and movement within user workflows
- reusable delivery of tools and services
- collaboration across users, teams, and communities
- role-based access and operational control
- publishing and sharing of tools, outputs, and information
Where OSP fits
OSP fits wherever there is value in bringing applications, data, workflows, and publishing into a coherent web platform.
That may include a project sharing a specific tool or workflow, a program combining applications and user support in one place, or an institution building a reusable foundation for research and education services. OSP can be used for a focused need today and still provide room to expand later as requirements grow.
Examples
OSP can support a range of use cases, including:
- a PI lab portal with a small number of applications running on a single system
- a course or workshop environment with prebuilt applications and simple sign-in
- a gateway delivering multiple applications across one or more clusters
- a shared platform spanning multiple groups, departments, or institutions
- a research environment that combines application access, data handling, and publication of outputs
A flexible platform approach
Research platforms vary widely in purpose. Some focus mainly on presenting information. Others are centered on a specific application, service, or access model.
OSP supports a flexible platform approach. It can serve as an entry point to a single capability, or it can connect applications, computing resources, data access, workflows, collaboration, and publishing in a more integrated way. The goal is not to force a fixed model, but to provide a framework that can be shaped to fit different needs.
Summary
OSP is a flexible platform for delivering research and education capabilities through the web. It can support focused use cases, broader platform strategies, or a gradual path between the two.
Its value lies in bringing applications, data, workflows, collaboration, and publishing into a unified environment that can adapt as needs change.