[NeXus-definitions-tickets] [NeXusDefinitions] #120: complete the NeXus manual for NXDL 1.0

[NeXus Base Classes and Instrument Definitions]

#120: complete the NeXus manual for NXDL 1.0
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Reporter:  Pete Jemian  |       Owner:  Pete Jemian     
    Type:  task         |      Status:  new             
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  release NXDL 1.0
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Description changed by Pete Jemian:

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New description:

 ||item||status||assigned to||description of task||
 ||1||||Peterson||revise graphics in manual to match name:type usage||
 ||2||||Jemian||NXDL.xml:            TODO: Edit content from Trac ticket
 #65||
 ||3||||Jemian||NXDL.xml:        <!-- TODO: make a better description of
 the NXDL and how to use it -->||
 ||4||||Jemian||NXDL.xml:        <!-- TODO: describe and make tables of the
 stuff in nxdlTypes.xsd -->||
 ||5||||||Verification.xml:            <!-- TODO: Will we describe how
 validation code can check to see if it is ||
 ||6||||||Verification.xml:            <!-- TODO: describe what is and is
 not being validated -->||
 ||7||||||Verification.xml:                to validate any NXDL file.
 Here's an example using <code>xmllint</code>: <!-- TODO: check this
 command -->||
 ||8||||||Verification.xml:                UNIX/Linux command line tools
 <!-- TODO: check this command -->||
 ||9||||||Verification.xml:                <!-- TODO: Care to give an
 example of validating an XSLT using xmllint or saxon? -->||
 ||10||done||Jemian||design.xml:            <!-- TODO Is the previous line
 OK? -->||
 ||11||||||design.xml:                TODO Need a better writeup than
 this!||
 ||12||||BenWatts||design.xml:                            TODO Comment
 about strings||
 ||13||||BenWatts||design.xml:                            TODO Comment
 about binary data||
 ||14||||BenWatts||design.xml:                            TODO Comment
 about images||
 ||15||||Jemian||impatient.xml:  TODO This could be rewritten from the
 ground up.||
 ||16||||Jemian||impatient.xml:      <!-- TODO and what about types? -->||
 ||17||||||introduction.xml:                <!-- TODO write about the
 Scientific Community or leave it out--> and promote on main WWW page||
 ||18||||||introduction.xml:                <!-- TODO also refer to later
 section-->||
 ||19||||||introduction.xml:                <!-- TODO: build example from
 Ray's LRMECS data.||
 ||20||||||preface.xml:        <!-- TODO -er-, will be (need more examples)
 --> ||
 ||21||||Mark||TRAC ticket #115: rewrite manual section for NeXus
 Coordinate System||
 ||22||||Freddie||TRAC ticket #87: provide documentation how NXDL is
 converted into Schematron||
 ||23||||Jemian||TRAC ticket #101: documentation: introduction.xml||
 ||24||||Stuart||TRAC ticket #106: documentation: utilities.xml||
 ||25||||Stuart||TRAC ticket #122: 2010NIAC: revise Utilities section of
 manual||
 ||26||||||TRAC ticket #120: complete the NeXus manual for NXDL 1.0||
 ||27||||||TRAC ticket #121: generate wiki pages from manual||
 ||28||||||Nxdata.nxdl.xml:  <!-- TODO: confirm this addition from NIAC2010
 -->||
 ||29||||Peterson||Nxdata.nxdl.xml:  <dim index="1" value="i"/><!-\- How
 can this be right?  TODO -\->||
 ||30||done||||design.xml:  resolve the note in the "rastering" section,
 keep note, make a warning to pad data or use unlimited dimensions to avoid
 data loss||
 ||31||||Freddie||NIAC.xml: update per NIAC2010 changes to constitution||
 ||32||||Jemian||orphans.xml: reposition this content that was pulled form
 the introduction||
 ||33||||Peterson||update the NeXus history for recent years||

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