<s>
European	O
Grid	O
Infrastructure	O
(	O
EGI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
efforts	O
to	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
high-throughput	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
resources	O
across	O
Europe	O
using	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
research	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
DataGrid	O
and	O
Enabling	B-Operating_System
Grids	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
E-sciencE	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
EGI	O
Foundation	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
sustain	O
the	O
services	O
of	O
EGI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
21st	O
century	O
,	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
became	O
popular	O
for	O
scientific	O
disciplines	O
such	O
as	O
high-energy	O
physics	O
and	O
bioinformatics	O
to	O
share	O
and	O
combine	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
computers	O
and	O
sophisticated	O
,	O
often	O
unique	O
,	O
scientific	O
instruments	O
in	O
a	O
process	O
known	O
as	O
e-Science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2004	O
the	O
Enabling	B-Operating_System
Grids	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
E-Science	I-Operating_System
in	O
Europe	O
(	O
EGEE	O
)	O
project	O
was	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
through	O
the	O
Directorate-General	O
for	O
Information	O
Society	O
and	O
Media	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
information	O
technology	O
division	O
of	O
CERN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LHC	O
Computing	B-Architecture
Grid	I-Architecture
continued	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
application	O
of	O
EGEE	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1	O
April	O
2006	O
the	O
"	O
in	O
Europe	O
"	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
acronym	O
was	O
kept	O
as	O
EGEE-II	O
for	O
Enabling	B-Operating_System
Grids	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
E-sciencE	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
software	O
package	O
known	O
as	O
gLite	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
for	O
EGEE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Follow-on	O
projects	O
called	O
distributed	O
collaboratories	O
infrastructure	O
on	O
grid	O
enabled	O
technology	O
4	O
science	O
(	O
D4Science	B-General_Concept
)	O
cost	O
about	O
3.9	O
million	O
euro	O
through	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
5.4	O
million	O
euro	O
until	O
September	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
projects	O
initiatied	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
D4Science	B-General_Concept
organization	O
and	O
its	O
Data	B-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
that	O
is	O
interoperable	O
with	O
the	O
EGI	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YAIM	O
was	O
implemented	O
to	O
configure	O
grid	O
services	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
configuration	O
tool	O
independent	O
from	O
the	O
grid	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
YAIM	O
's	O
modular	O
structure	O
allows	O
distributed	O
and	O
asynchronous	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
quickly	O
changing	O
configuration	O
requirements	O
of	O
the	O
Grid	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
