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<font face="Times New Roman">Dear Sylvia,<br>
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Thanks for this update and for making progress. Groups might be
more inspired to fill out the questionnaire once they can see how
the information they provide can be viewed, so this work is very
important to CMIP, I think. <br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Karl<br>
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On 4/12/11 12:41 PM, Sylvia Murphy wrote:
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<div>This a quick update on the metadata pipeline.</div>
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***STATUS***<br>
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<div>* The metadata pipeline is working. We can download files
from the Metafor harvest and display the results in the ESG
gateway trackback. The items we can currently harvest and
display include basic properties, technical properties, and
scientific properties. We have tested this capability with the
CIM sample from MOHC (the Hadgem2-es model) dated 1/24.<br>
<br>
<div>* An upgrade to the Curator Trackback was completed after
ESG release 1.2 and will be part of the ESG 1.3 release.
The main upgrade is changing the left navigation bar so
that the simulation name does not precede every item. This
change makes the navigation bar a lot less crowded and
easier to use.<br>
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Caveats:<br>
**Metafor's CIM XML output format continues to change.
This has the potential for breaking the pipeline until
harvester code can be modified to accommodate the changes.
Although Metafor's CIM 1.5 schema (the theoretical basis for
Metafor's work) has been finalized, the changes still needs to
be reflected in the questionnaire and its output XML. Metafor
plans to redeploy the questionnaire on 4/14, bringing it into
compliance with CIM 1.5. At that point they anticipate only
small changes in the XML output (specifically grids) going
forward. </div>
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<div> ** Validation in Metafor's questionnaire has been
broken, which has prevented new CIM XML files from being
exported. This means that the Curator team has not had new
files to test with. As part of the redeployment mentioned
above, Metafor plans to turn off validation briefly in order
to export from the questionnaire XML files for MOHC's four
completed model simulations. Our goal is to get these working
and display them as examples for upcoming demos.<br>
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<div><br>
***NEAR TERM WORK***<br>
* ESG plans a Curator sprint at the end of month (25 April - 8
May). The NCAR ESG team and myself will be responsible for
the completion of the outstanding items. This sprint will
end up in ESG release 1.3 or 1.4 depending upon the results of
this week's ESG sprint and the release schedule for 1.3.<br>
<br>
The following are our proposed priorities for the sprint, in
order of importance:<br>
<br>
1. Make sure that the new CIM samples from MOHC can be
displayed properly.<br>
<br>
2. Enable experiment information to be displayed. An OWL file
containing all of the CMIP5 experiments and their requirements
needs to be prepared first. This will be used by both the
data and metadata side of ESG. On the data side this will be
used as the experiment search facets. On the metadata side
this will be used to display the experiment description and
experimental requirements associated with each simulation. We
were hoping to write software to do this but are now
investigating manual options. To the extent possible the owl
file will be completed before the sprint.<br>
<br>
2. Enable the following items to be harvested from the CIM
XML. These items represent additions to the existing
functionality and are not required for a basic level of
operation. The order below is the proposed priority - please
comment if you would like to change this.<br>
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<div> ** Inputs/couplings (this was previously working but the
location of the information has changed)</div>
<div> ** Grids</div>
<div> ** Model modifications</div>
<div> ** Ensemble information<br>
<br>
3. Review the user experience and make sure that any
additional items that need to be completed (error pages,
explanations, acknowledgments) are there.<br>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">DEMONSTRATIONS</span><span
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<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">* The Curator Trackback will
be demonstrated in Brussels (by Metafor) on May 6th and during
the GO-ESSP meeting in North Carolina (May 10-12). Reviews of
the portal will occur on May 2nd during the regular Curator
telco and on May 3rd during the regular Metafor telco. We
expect that participants in these demonstrations will be able to
search for the four MOHC simulation and get a walk through of
the resulting display (e.g. basic properties, technical
properties, scientific properties etc). </div>
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