A Grid-Enabled National Archive of Nanostructural Imagery (GRANI)

纳米结构分析网络组织（NANO）是澳大利亚主要的国家研究机构，为物理材料和生物系统的纳米结构分析提供先进的显微仪器网格。该计划的目的是为NANO社区提供一套通用的、可互操作的工具和服务，以实现更高效、更具成本效益的存储、管理、分析和共享生成的显微图像、视频和分析数据。 拟议的中间件的意义在于，它将通过一个可共享的分布式国家科学图像/视频数据库，改善协作，减少跨学科的重复。

The Nanostructural Analysis Network Organization (NANO) is an Australian Major National Research Facility that provides access to a grid of advanced microscopic instruments for the nanostructural analysis of both physical materials and biological systems. The aim of this initiative is to provide the NANO community with a set of common, interoperable tools and services to enable more efficient, cost-effective storage, management, analysis and sharing of generated microscopic images, video and analytical data. The significance of the proposed middleware is that it will improve collaboration and reduce duplication across many disciplines, through a shareable, distributed national scientific image/video database.