Mission Statement
NUcore is a transaction processing system created to support core facility recharge operations. New features are developed in direct response to user needs, ensuring the continuous relevance of the software. The NUcore consortium consists of member institutions whose mission is to ensure the sustainability of the NUcore platform.
NUcore Project Founding Principles
- Simplify administrative tasks so that core managers and scientists can focus on doing science
- Provide a simple, intuitive, web-based interface for core users and staff
- Provide only workflows common to all cores (ordering, tracking, billing) but include integration points for more specialized external applications
- Support compliance with federal funding requirements but allow flexibility for core managers or NUcore system administrators to supersede controls with appropriate justification
- Maintain operating systems, development tools, and infrastructure at the most recent stable versions
- Manage the NUcore code base as an open-source project
Consortium Structure and Membership
The NUcore Consortium is made up of member institutions at 2 levels of engagement – sustaining members and community members – along with an active software development partner (TXI).
Sustaining members
Sustaining members contribute financially to the upkeep of the software. Sustaining members participate in the collaborative feature development process and have a say in pitching and prioritizing feature development work and the software development roadmap. Sustaining members participate in testing and QA of the software and maintain active communication with software development partners.
Community members
Community members do not contribute financially to the upkeep of the software and do not participate in the software development roadmap. They do not receive regular software updates, but can upgrade themselves from the open source branch if they have the technical capability.