Transcript Overview including distribution of core team efforts/Staff

Session 4
Core activities
Intro
• Overview: Martyn
• CCP4 Releases: Charles
• Installation issues: Francois
• Meetings: Maeri
• Python and XML working parties: Martyn
• Integration of CCP4 activities: Keith
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
News
As of 1st April, CCLRC and PPARC will merge to become STFC.
This doesn’t mean:
But rather:
Science and Technology Facilities Council
We think:
New agreements use STFC rather than CCLRC
New logo on the web site!
Our email addresses (@dl.ac.uk) will remain
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
DL team staff
Martyn
Core, MrBUMP
Charles
Core,
automation
Maeri
Organisation
Ronan
Core,
MrBUMP
Wendy
BioXHIT
GUI Db
Peter
Core, GUI
Francois, core,
installation
Graeme
e-HTPX,
XIA
Norman
automation
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
Core activities
• On-going development of supporting code (libraries, GUIs,
etc.)
• On-going development of orphaned code (minor functionality
additions)
• Releases of CCP4 software suite
• Distribution of other software through Prerelease Page (e.g.
Pointless) and more generally (e.g. John Campbell software)
• Helpdesk ([email protected])
• Promotion of CCP4 through conferences, site visits, etc.
• Organisation of workshops
• Maintenance of CCP4 web pages, ftp site, mailing lists, etc.
• Various administration, finances, commercial
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
Highlights of 2006 / 2007
• Releases: 6.0.1, 6.0.2
• Launch of Prerelease Page
• Helpdesk (rough estimate 15 queries / week)
• Stands at ACA, ECM
• Study Weekend @ Reading
• Workshops in Beijing, Osaka
• 4 university visits
• Travel grants from BBSRC for China and India
major projects dealt with elsewhere ...
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
Plans for 2007 / 2008
Release 6.1 and patch releases - see Charles’ talk
On-going work on installation and updates - see Francois’ talk
Conferences: ECM, ACA - see Maeri’s talk
Keep financially solvent
More of the same?
Need to deal with increasing size of suite
Need to deal with coordination of effort
major projects dealt with elsewhere ...
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
Other grants
e-HTPX: in final year
supporting Graeme
components adopted by BioXHIT, PIMS and CCP4
Bioxhit: in final year
supporting Wendy
MAXINF2: supporting teaching workshops
Dec 2004 - Dec 2009
http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/maxinf
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
Python working party
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
CCP4 Python Working Group
Charles Ballard (coordinator) - CCP4 automation
Martyn Winn
- CCP4
Fei Long
- Balbes
Graeme Winter
- DNA/e-HTPX/XIA
Paul Emsley
- HAPPy
Ronan Keegan
- MrBUMP
Norman Stein
- CCP4 automation
[ Daniel Rolfe
- HAPPy ]
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
WP activities and status
• First and only meeting: 6/7/05
• Central code repository: This contains MTZ and PDB reading
routines in python (from the HAPPy) project, and the XIA 1 driver class
(from XIA). All agree that a central repository of “common” code is
desirable, but no agreement on what this is.
• Smartie: Pete’s python utility for parsing a variety of log files
• Programming styles: No agreements. Everybody agrees that a
common look and feel is desirable, but no agreement on what this is.
CCB’s recommendation: allow the current pipelines to mature and see
how to streamline them if necessary
STAB (23/11/06): There is currently no need to standardise the Python
code or re-use it.
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
XML working party
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
CCP4 XML Working Group
Martyn Winn (coordinator)
Airlie McCoy
Fei Long
Graeme Winter
[ Steven Ness
Charles Ballard
Paul Emsley
Ronan Keegan
[ Daniel Rolfe
- CCP4 programs
- Phaser
- Balbes
- DNA/e-HTPX/XIA
- Crank ]
- CCP4 automation
- Coot
- MrBUMP
- HAPPy ]
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007
WP activities and status
• Discussions with Avi on Bioxhit XML
- possible generic tags for citations, messages, etc.
• MrBUMP outputs XML for processing by AgentX
• XML is being used by pipeline developers.
• Developers are talking to each other, but efforts otherwise
independent.
• No major overlap yet in XML content.
• Variety of XML tools being used.
• Top-down imposition of data model may hinder progress.
• Feeling that inter-package communication will not be difficult.
• Encourage sharing of tools and XML datatypes.
M.D.Winn, DL, March 28th 2007