[NeXus-committee] Upcoming Code Camp and NIAC Meeting

[Mark Koennecke]

Hi,

as all of you know there will be a NeXus Code Camp and a NIAC
meeting before NOBUGS in Coseners House. The dates are: september
18-19 for the code camp and september, 20-21 for the NIAC meeting.
In this e-mail you will find three things:

* A draft agenda for the Code Camp
* A draft agenda for the NIAC meeting
* A questionaire which we ask you to fill in in order to better
   prepare for the NIAC meeting


Draft Agenda for the Code Camp
================================


Tuesday, September 18
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Time             Topic
=======  ====== ===================================
9:00-10:30    Introduction to work items
                       Assignment of priorities
10:30-11:00   Coffee
11:00-12:00   Project work
12:00-13:00   Lunch
13:00-15:30   Project Work
15:30-16:00   Coffee
16:00-17:00   Project Work
17:00-17:30   Summary of day and reassignment

Wednesday, September 19
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Time             Topic
=======  ====== ===================================
09:00-10:30    Project Work
10:30-11:00    Coffee
11:00-12:00    Project work
12:00-13:00    Lunch
13:00-13:30    Status check and reassignement
13:00-15:30    Project Work
15:30-16:00    Coffee
16:00-17:30    Summary and future work plans

The topics to work on at the Code camp include:

* Finish CIF coordinates issue
* PyTree API Test
* Cleanup of NeXus applications
* Cleanup trac-tickets
* Automatisation of NeXus release processes
* Move documentation from docbook to Sphinx
* Discuss timed data
* Develop a materials definition
* NXdict replacement design

If you have any suggestions about the agenda or want us to work on other 
topics,
please sepak up!


NeXus International Advisory Committee Meeting
===============================================


Thursday, september 20
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Time            
Topic                                                                                                                     
Speaker
======= ===============================   ====================
09:00-10:30   Welcome, status report, introduction to topics 
              Mark Koennecke
10:30-11:00   Coffee
11:00-11:20   Topic priority 
assignment                                                 All
11:20-12:00   Strategy 
Discussion                                                          All
12:00-13:00   Lunch
13:00-15:30   Strategy 
Discussion                                                           All
15:30-16:00   Coffee
16:00-17:30   OO-NeXus 
roadmap                                                           All

NIAC dinner

Friday, september 21
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Time              Topic                                                  
Speaker
=======  ====== ==============  ====================
09:00-10:30    Discussion materials definition        All
10:30-11:00    Coffee
11:00-12:00    Discussion time stamped data         All
12:00-13:00    Lunch
13:00-15:30    Voting on topics                                All
15:30-16:00    Coffee
16:00-17:30    Election of officers                            All

The general idea is to discuss topics during the meeting and vote in a 
block
on friday afternoon. This in order to allow for ideas to settle in and 
everyone to
arrive on an opinion without to much pressure. If you have issues with this
organisation, please speak up.

Of course, the list of topics to discuss at the NIAC meeting is still 
very open
as is the agenda. If you want other topics discussed at the NIAC 
meeting, please
let us know.


The Questionaire
===================

This should be filled in by every participating facility. This questionaire
is also a good place to let us know additional topics for the NIAC meeting.

* Facility name
* Number of files/beamlines/instruments producing NeXus files
* Number of files/beamlines/instruments producing NeXus files in 2 years 
time
* Barriers found for increasing NeXus use
* Priorities for the NeXus community should be

Any comments and answered questionaires should be sent ot the NIAC 
mailing list.



Best Regards,

          Mark Koennecke