ICAT Collaboration Meeting - 30th July 2026
Attendance
Attendees:
- Rolf Krahl
- Louise Davies
- Silvia Sottini
- Kevin Phipps
- Alan Kyffin
Agenda
Site Updates
HZB
Not much, working on data publication landing pages. Released internal helper package for these yesterday - helps you generate DataCite metadata. Public, but designed to be used by HZB landing page packages. Link: https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud/hzb/research_data_management/python-hzb-rdm-metadata. Documentation sparse though, happy to provide help if people interested
ISIS
Instrument PID linking to experimental data DOIs. Can now track Instrument commission & decommission dates. Also some discussion about migrating to new DOI base, ISIS are concerned.
DLS
Continuing with DOI minting work for raw data. Finished internal approval, got exec approval to rollout and make corresponding data policy changes.
KP: Good news!
SS: yes, now need to really focus on accurately tagging raw datasets
Component Updates
icat.server
No longer runs on latest version of Payara, there's a workaround, will create an issue. Issue due to ICAT trying to detect if running in Payara or Wildfly, needs a certain file to exist that has now changed name/location.
RK: Payara 7?
AK: yes, 7.2026.5
icat.lucene
Minor thing, related to ISIS using windows paths so Patrick's changes to the datafile location search accounting for slashes broke for ISIS, needed some changes to allow for backward slashes.
AOB
August meeting?
Kevin and Rolf in, hopefully more people here so will leave Kevin and Rolf in, hopefully more people here so will leave it in the calendar.