Minutes of Nov 18, 2009: Difference between revisions

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#*** Action: Get some North American people to CF's meeting.
#*** Action: Get some North American people to CF's meeting.
#*** AR to PRJ - any planned tools to read NXsas. Answer - Ideas: Translation app or browser/plotting app. Best answer would be strong bindings for various languages.  
#*** AR to PRJ - any planned tools to read NXsas. Answer - Ideas: Translation app or browser/plotting app. Best answer would be strong bindings for various languages.  
#*** Watch and wait on leaping in to 2D.
#*** Watch and wait on nexus before leaping in to 2D.
#*** PRJ - Licensing. Need debate within working group.
#** Standards - Extension of mailing list archives
#** Standards - Extension of mailing list archives
#** IGOR develper's progress?
#** IGOR develper's progress?

Revision as of 22:30, 18 November 2009

Preliminary Agenda

  1. updates of action items and items in progress
    • From canSAS VI
      • SAS Portal
      • 1D and 2D data formats
      • Standards - Extension of mailing list archives
      • IGOR develper's progress?
      • Is there a need for a GISAS working group?
    • From last meeting
      • World SANS directory (SAXS?)
      • Anybody besides Bruker come to canSAS session?
      • Long pulse spallation source project update if any?
    • Any other working group etc update?
  2. Discussion regarding next canSAS meeting in 18 months and in Sydney (see notes from canSAS-VI)
    • 18 months = when and where
    • Sydney meeting. what format?
  3. Discussion on including other facility representation
  4. Discussion of portal issues and possible repository of SAS information
    • e.g. data for windows and sample environments (see notes from canSAS-VI)
  5. Other issues and/or news from around the world

Present

  • Adrian Rennie
  • Rex Hjelm
  • Daniel Clemens
  • Elliot Gilbert
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Paul Butler
  • Nick Terrill
  • Pete Jemian
  • Ken Littrell
  • Steve King

Minutes

  1. updates of action items and items in progress
    • From canSAS VI
      • SAS Portal
        • Paul has investigated finding a student and has identified funds.
      • 1D and 2D data formats
        • Pete - Nexus code camp has lead to a SAS format definition that he will post the URL to so we can review it and comment.
        • http://trac.nexusformat.org/definitions/browser/trunk/applications/NXsas.nxdl.xml defines minimum set of tags/info for small angle scattering. NB - this is for monochromatic scattering only : TOF and GI not considered.
        • Timeline for NXDL? (AJJ) - PRJ says approx. 6 months.
        • AJJ - Make sure we are really talking about reduced data. What is needed to allow the NXsas to be used for TOF data?
        • PRJ/SK - Have added namespaces to handle wavelength dependent transmissions etc.
        • RH/AR - Handling different q-space maps / detector geometries?
        • CF - noting meeting : http://www.esrf.eu/events/conferences/hdf5/hdf5/
        • PRJ - Action: Review of NXsas format?
        • Action: Get some North American people to CF's meeting.
        • AR to PRJ - any planned tools to read NXsas. Answer - Ideas: Translation app or browser/plotting app. Best answer would be strong bindings for various languages.
        • Watch and wait on nexus before leaping in to 2D.
        • PRJ - Licensing. Need debate within working group.
      • Standards - Extension of mailing list archives
      • IGOR develper's progress?
      • Is there a need for a GISAS working group?
    • From last meeting
      • World SANS directory (SAXS?)
      • Anybody besides Bruker come to canSAS session?
      • Long pulse spallation source project update if any?
    • Any other working group etc update?
  2. Discussion regarding next canSAS meeting in 18 months and in Sydney (see notes from canSAS-VI)
    • 18 months = when and where
    • Sydney meeting. what format?
  3. Discussion on including other facility representation
  4. Discussion of portal issues and possible repository of SAS information
    • e.g. data for windows and sample environments (see notes from canSAS-VI)
  5. Other issues and/or news from around the world
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