One component of the end-to-end testing of DM systems, beginning in 2016, is the establishment of an integration environment for the storage and service of astronomical datasets, using early versions of the components intended for the final systems, running on project-provided infrastructure.
We will refer to this as the "Prototype Data Access Center" (PDAC) effort, at least for now.
The Fall 2016 version of this project will handle only static data. Integration with end-to-end configurations of the Science Pipelines code should follow in 2017.
