documentation.md

title: Documentation Overview
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    HIFIS Technical and Administrative Documentation, Policies and Internal Repositories.

Technical and Administrative Documentation

All information on the architectural components and processes related to HIFIS and Helmholtz Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) are collected in the HIFIS Documentation at hifis.net/doc. Some frequently used documentation links are listed below:

Guidelines and Policies

• Helmholtz AAI Policies
• Helmholtz AAI Concepts
• Guidelines for Managers of Virtual Organisations
• Guidelines for Service Providers
• How to use HIFIS Transfer Service

Service Usage

• Exemplary usage plots for AAI usage, Helmholtz Codebase Service, and HIFIS Software Course Participation. More to come!

Documentation on the Current Status of Implementation

• List of Services in Cloud Service Portfolio: Pipeline and Current Catalogue
• Technical Documentation on Integrated Cloud Services
• Pilot and Associated Cloud Services (selection)
• List of Helmholtz Centres that are technically connected to the Helmholtz AAI
• List of supported Virtual Organisations

Public Gitlab Repositories

The following documentation projects are publicly accessible for reading. You can contribute to them after signing in via Helmholtz AAI.

• Gitlab Project for this homepage
• Gitlab Project for HIFIS Documentation
• Gitlab Project for AAI Website

Governance

• Original platform proposal for HIFIS
• The Helmholtz Incubator