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Paris 2011

Collaboration meeting in Paris 2011

Agenda

09:45 ILL Holger Gebhard
10:00 ISIS and TopCAT Tom Griffin
10:15 CLF Steve Fisher
10:40 ELETTRA Fabio Bonaccorso
11:15 Discussion on parameters
13:30 Discussion- Reporting in ICAT (usage reporting, scientific stats)
15:30 DOIs at STFC Tom Griffin
MySQL Support Tom Griffin
15:45 I2S2? – Personal ICAT Brian Matthews
16:15 Discussion- DOIs

Headline Discussion Points

  • ISIS and ILL to joint release their ICATs ~27th Feb 2007
  • TopCAT and Mantid as the interface for ISIS. ILL own interface
  • Central Laser Facility using ICAT to store laser diagnostic data (not metadata + data)
  • Parameters – agreement to extend types (string, number, DateTime? + int + boolean)
  • Agreed change to parameter search API (simplification without loss of power)
  • 'Reporting': ISIS to add system for 'usage tracking'; ILL interested in more powerful querying (OLAP cubes?)
  • Authorisation model: agreement in principle to add groups and limited rules for instrument scientists
  • Agreement to remove XMLIngest from main API to (optional) plugin API
  • Plans for improvement on documentation and error handling
  • STFC/ISIS will be issuing DOIs to all experiment datasets from 1st March (ILL interesting in doing the same but longer timescale)
  • A basic MySQL version of ICAT is being tested
  • Discussion on whether ICAT is an appropriate solution for storing some palaeontology datasets at ESRF

Actions Record

New Description Resp Status Comment
16.00 Document the meeting TG/AM Done
16.01 Distribute a discussion paper on authorisation model TG 03/2011
16.02 Move xmlingest to a separate package TG icat4
16.03 Prepare a road map for icat4 TG/SN 03/2011
16.04 Provide a design for 'management' reporting' JR i/p 03/2011
16.05 Provide information on BIRT – Business Intelligence HG 03/2011
16.06 Review the API documentation and lead/co-ordinate efforts to improve AM/SF 03/2011
16.07 Provide exemplar documentation of one class in the API SF 03/2011
16.08 Provide an exemplar of enhancements to the API (parameter searching) SF/AM 03/2011
16.09 Provide additional exceptions in the API SF/AM 03/2011
16.10 Provide a discussion paper on the use of DOI with ICAT BM/SN 03/2011
16.11 Extend parameter types to match programming language/NeXus? SF 03/2011

Attendees

  • SP Stephane Poirier – Soleil
  • TG Tom Griffin – STFC
  • HG Holger Gebhard – ILL
  • SF Steve Fisher – STFC
  • AM Alistair Mills – STFC
  • HJ Heinz-Joesph Weyer – PSI
  • FA Freddy Akeroyd – STFC
  • JR Jessica Robinson – STFC
  • BM Brian Matthews – STFC
  • DH Dietmar Herrendorer – HZB
  • CJ Christian Jung – HZB
  • JF Jean-François Perin – ILL
  • JX Jamie ? – ILL
  • AG Andy Gotz – ESRF
  • JK Jorg Klora – ALBA
  • MX Magid ? – Solei

Apologies

  • SN Sri Nagella – STFC
  • RS Richard Sinclair – STFC
  • FB Fabio Bonnacorso – ELETTRA
  • RD Roger Downing- STFC
  • RF Ron Fowler- STFC
  • GKM Ghita Kouadri Mostefaoui – Diamond