[Go-essp-tech] qc-data-level2 output and qc-tool

[Bryan Lawrence]

The diagram wasn't attached, but you can see it at
http://metafortrac.badc.rl.ac.uk/trac/browser/QualityControlTool/trunk/qcproj/Quality-
Brief.png

Cheers
Bryan

> Hi Frank & Martina
> 
> Michael tells me you will be trying to build something to produce
> CIM- XML for the output of qc-data-level2 ... prefereably something
> that the software itself will generate.
> 
> Ideally that would be a DQ_DomainConstistency document, which we
> would upload via our qc-tool to attach to a CIM_Quality document -
> is that what you think is happening?
> 
> (We currently don't have an upload piece in the tool - which you can
> see coming along at
> http://proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/svn/metafor/QualityControlTool/
> but it would be easy to add such a facility, and we'll have done that
> by tomorrow).
> 
> (NB: see attached diagram which summarises most of what we are
> working to for the CIM qc).
> 
> We are buliding the tool so we can run an instance at each of our
> data centres (and elsewhere), and the gateway can poll the feed to
> upload the information (Maurizio is working on that piece for the
> gateway team). (An eventual extension will be to allow the qc-tools
> to peer with each other, but that's not a priority in the next two
> weeks).
> 
> It occurs to me that ideally the qc-level-2 tool is producing some
> plots as well, so we could (and probalby should) modify the UML so
> 
> 1)  we have have a specialistaion of DQ_Element that allows result to
> have three DQ_Result attributes and we
> 
> 2) introduce a new specialisation of DQ_Result which is essentially a
> plot/image result which could be uploaded and stored ....
> 
> (We should do this anyway, since I can see a lot of other uses for
> it, not just CMIP5 qc-level-2 - we have a real EO application for it
> right now ...)
> 
> Is the qc-tool producing plots, and should we have this facility as a
> priority?
> 
> thanks
> Bryan
> 
> 
> Bryan Lawrence
> Director of Environmental Archival and Associated Research
> (NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre and NCEO/NERC NEODC)
> STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> Phone +44 1235 445012; Fax ... 5848;
> Web: home.badc.rl.ac.uk/lawrence
Bryan Lawrence
Director of Environmental Archival and Associated Research
(NCAS/British Atmospheric Data Centre and NCEO/NERC NEODC)
STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Phone +44 1235 445012; Fax ... 5848; 
Web: home.badc.rl.ac.uk/lawrence