Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, GA 30602, USA; Previous address: School of Biology and School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Feb;22(2):117-123. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.014. Epub 2016 Dec 24.
Cyberinfrastructure projects (CIPs) are complex, integrated systems that require interaction and organization amongst user, developer, hardware, technical infrastructure, and funding resources. Nevertheless, CIP usability, functionality, and growth do not scale with the sum of these resources. Instead, growth and efficient usage of CIPs require access to 'hidden' resources. These include technical resources within CIPs as well as social and functional interactions among stakeholders. We identify approaches to overcome resource limitations following the conceptual basis of Liebig's Law of the Minimum. In so doing, we recommend practical steps towards efficient and scaleable resource use, taking the iPlant/CyVerse CIP as an example.
网络基础设施项目（CIP）是复杂的集成系统，需要用户、开发人员、硬件、技术基础设施和资金资源之间的交互和组织。然而，CIP 的可用性、功能和增长并没有随着这些资源的总和而扩大。相反，CIP 的增长和有效使用需要访问“隐藏”资源。这些资源包括 CIP 中的技术资源以及利益相关者之间的社会和功能交互。我们遵循 Liebig 最小定律的概念基础，确定了克服资源限制的方法。在这样做的过程中，我们以 iPlant/CyVerse CIP 为例，推荐了一些实现高效、可扩展资源利用的实际步骤。
