HIFIS Technical and Administrative Documentation, Policies and Internal Repositories.
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# Technical and Administrative Documentation, Policies
*[**Selected Cloud Services**](https://www.hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/initial-service-portfolio/how-services-are-selected/#selected-services-for-initial-helmholtz-cloud-service-portfolio) for the Initial Helmholtz Cloud Service Portfolio.
* Helmholtz Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI):
*[**List of Helmholtz centres**](https://hifis.net/doc/backbone-aai/list-of-connected-centers/) that are technically connected to the Helmholtz AAI.
* All [**HIFIS Documentation**](https://www.hifis.net/doc/) for architectural components and processes.
* The original platform proposal for HIFIS [can be found here](https://www.helmholtz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/01_forschung/Helmholtz_Inkubator_HIFIS.pdf).
#### 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](https://hifis.net/doc/).
Some frequently used documentation links are listed below:
* Guidelines for [Managers of Virtual Organisations](https://hifis.net/doc/backbone-aai/guidelines-vos/)
* Guidelines for [Service Providers](https://hifis.net/doc/backbone-aai/guidelines-services/)
* How to [use HIFIS Transfer Service](https://hifis.net/doc/core-services/fts-endpoint/)
#### Documentation on the Current Status of Implementation
*[List of Services in Cloud Service Portfolio: Pipeline and Current Catalogue](https://hifis.net/doc/service-portfolio/service-portfolio-management/current-services-in-portfolio/)
*[Technical Documentation on Integrated Cloud Services](https://hifis.net/doc/cloud-services/)
*[Pilot and Associated Cloud Services](https://hifis.net/doc/service-integration/pilot-services/pilot-services/)(selection)
*[List of Helmholtz Centres](https://hifis.net/doc/backbone-aai/list-of-connected-centers/) that are technically connected to the Helmholtz AAI
*[List of supported Virtual Organisations](https://hifis.net/doc/backbone-aai/list-of-vos/)
#### 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](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hifis/hifis.net)
*[Gitlab Project for HIFIS Documentation](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hifis/hifis-technical-documentation)
*[Gitlab Project for AAI Website](https://gitlab.hzdr.de/helmholtz-aai/aai.helmholtz.de)
#### Governance
* Original [platform proposal for HIFIS](https://www.helmholtz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/01_forschung/Helmholtz_Inkubator_HIFIS.pdf)