LBT archive new features

21 Jun 2018, 09:00 → 22 Jun 2018, 17:00 US/Arizona

LBT Archive is moving to a user oriented approach. A new web interface has done and a new accounting system adopted. New features that well describe the advantages of this approach could be summarized in the possibility to create and manage groups of users. The usage of groups associated to the observing programs allow people to be easily added or remove persons to the working teams. The more a fine grain is define , the more it is powerful. Some other aspects on data management will be described and user manuals illustrated.

Thursday, 21 June

10:00 → 10:20 Welcome and teams presentation

Opening session with a presentation of the attendees with some specific details on duties and skills for each.

10:20 → 10:50 IA2 services and general overview

The Archive is not only a data repository and to be useful it have to store well defined data as much as possible consistent. this presentation will start with the data models, presents an overview of the data life cycle, the current status of agreement and services offered.

Speaker: Cristina Knapic (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:50 → 11:20 NADIR

The ingestion system that handle all the observations and distribute data along continents. Working strategy, deployment, technical details and new features.

Speaker: Elisa Londero

11:20 → 11:30 Nadir discussion

Clarification on architecture and deployment

11:30 → 11:35 Break to take a breath!

11:35 → 12:05 The Archive UI

The importance of having an efficient and powerful archive web interface to improve telescope visibility and scientific return. Description of the technology (modules), secure systems adopted and deployment.

Speaker: Sonia Zorba

12:05 → 12:25 UI manual

How to correctly use the web interface

Speaker: Sonia Zorba

12:25 → 12:40 Virtual Observatory

Few details on the offered services and the importance to be compliant and exhaustive.

Speaker: Cristina Knapic (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

12:40 → 13:00 Conclusions and discussion

Best practices and experience on similar services can give a valid starting point to figure out a new approach to data discovery

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:15 Registering users: a need to simplify life.

The importance to register users is sometimes under-valuated. What this means and what are the benefits? Some examples and best practices are described.

14:15 → 15:00 Authentication&Authorization: technical and user manual and live demo

A description on user accounting (registration and handling) are shown. A manual and the help on line page on how to operate the archive interface from the user point of view will be shown and a live demo done.
Some hints on how to generate programs via Archive Program Manager are given, too.

Speaker: Sonia Zorba

15:00 → 15:30 Archive ingestion user manual

A detail description on features and action to be taken in case of faults or oddities will be reported.

Speaker: Elisa Londero

15:30 → 15:40 Conclusions and discussion

15:40 → 16:00 Break to take a breath!

16:00 → 16:30 News from LBT

16:30 → 17:00 The data quality

LBC data processing and quality in the loop of telescope duties. Where does the archive enter the game?

Friday, 22 June

09:00 → 10:30 All hands on user data management

Help from everyone to find the best way to solve the LBT programs absence instead of partnership and PI-ship, start discussion on data sharing, definition of administrator role and membership.

10:30 → 11:00 Break to take a breath!

11:00 → 11:30 Policy

11:30 → 12:30 Mailing list and Zabbix

Technical session on how to optimize monitoring software

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:30 Data models

Data models of new LBT products

16:30 → 17:00 Wrap up session

Conclusions and agreements reported to all the audience.

Speaker: Riccardo Smareglia (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))