: F ood ▁technology ▁awards ▁Category : H uman itar ian ▁and ▁service ▁awards ▁Category : A wards ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 <0x0A> </s> ▁A ▁data ▁grid ▁is ▁an ▁architecture ▁or ▁set ▁of ▁services ▁that ▁gives ▁individuals ▁or ▁groups ▁of ▁users ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁access , ▁modify ▁and ▁transfer ▁extremely ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁ge ograph ically ▁distributed ▁data ▁for ▁research ▁purposes . ▁Data ▁gr ids ▁make ▁this ▁possible ▁through ▁a ▁host ▁of ▁middle ware ▁applications ▁and ▁services ▁that ▁pull ▁together ▁data ▁and ▁resources ▁from ▁multiple ▁administrative ▁domains ▁and ▁then ▁present ▁it ▁to ▁users ▁upon ▁request . ▁The ▁data ▁in ▁a ▁data ▁grid ▁can ▁be ▁located ▁at ▁a ▁single ▁site ▁or ▁multiple ▁sites ▁where ▁each ▁site ▁can ▁be ▁its ▁own ▁administrative ▁domain ▁govern ed ▁by ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁security ▁restrictions ▁as ▁to ▁who ▁may ▁access ▁the ▁data . ▁Like wise , ▁multiple ▁rep lic as ▁of ▁the ▁data ▁may ▁be ▁distributed ▁throughout ▁the ▁grid ▁outside ▁their ▁original ▁administrative ▁domain ▁and ▁the ▁security ▁restrictions ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁data ▁for ▁who ▁may ▁access ▁it ▁must ▁be ▁equally ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁rep lic as . ▁Specifically ▁developed ▁data ▁grid ▁middle ware ▁is ▁what ▁handles ▁the ▁integration ▁between ▁users ▁and ▁the ▁data ▁they ▁request ▁by ▁cont rolling ▁access ▁while ▁making ▁it ▁available ▁as ▁efficiently ▁as ▁possible . ▁The ▁adjacent ▁diagram ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁high ▁level ▁view ▁of ▁a ▁data ▁grid . ▁ ▁Middle ware ▁Middle ware ▁provides ▁all ▁the ▁services ▁and ▁applications ▁necessary ▁for ▁efficient ▁management ▁of ▁datasets ▁and ▁files ▁within ▁the ▁data