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Status Report 19 July 2004

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Summary

Collecting reports -- will summarize tomorrow

  • KR/SMS Group
  • Kepler group
  • EcoGrid group

Individual reports

Chad Berkley

Completed tasks/bugs fixed

  • fixed bug introduced into junit tests from fixing the parser
  • wrote a templating system for creating junit tests
  • installed and configured AnthillPro nightly build system for kepler

Current Work and Bugs

  • rework screenshots for bug 1546
  • participating in the seek-dev discussion of kepler UI issues

Significant issues

  • None

Xianhua Liu

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

  • Finished dynamic PDF generation of revision proposals
  • Designed concept revision online proceedings

Current Work and Bugs:

  • developing concept revision online proceedings

Significant Issues

  • None

Sergui Krivov

Completed tasks/bugs fixed

  • Added static/manual layout mode (!!!). Layout engine can be turned on and off as user desires. This is very usefull during editing.
  • Created icons for editing toolbox and for the toolbar. Growl looks better now (see screenshot attached)
  • Several enhansements to owl-dl compliance function, that facilitate faster graphic editing

Current Work and Bugs

  • Still workning on owl-dl compliance function, specifically on handling relations “are same”, “are equvalent”, “are different”, etc.
  • Need to finish metadata panel

Significant issues

  • Icons in editing toolbox/ editing operations should be sufficiently intuitive for domain expert users and perhaps the icons should be more artistic. For this end feedback is requred and this week I am planing to send around the alpha version of growl with preliminary editing functionality.

Dan Higgins

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

  • Example workflow which calculates a variety of biodiversity indices was checked in with bug fixes and simplified workflow. Also checked in a example which used a new actor which reads string tables to provide input for the biodiversity index calculator actor.
  • Checked out the new Mac fixes provided by Christopher Brooks (Works for me!)

Current Work and Bugs:

  • Continuing work on various R actor(s)
  • Looking into GIS (Grass?) integration

Significant Issues

  • None

Jing Tao

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

  • None

Current Work and Bugs:

  • Installing metacat ecogrid semi-production node in NCEAS
  • Implementaion of data query in kepler.

Significant Issues

  • None

Jenny Wang

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

  • Developed a translator that imports XML Schemas into the schema matching tool as Abstract Schemas. But the "Sequence" case in is not handled in an appropriate way yet. Also it may require changes to the abstract schema interface when going further on the design and implementation of schema morphisms.
  • Modified the GUI to include an arrow panel for indicating where it is working on.

Current Work and Bugs:

  • Work on 2 paper drafts
  • Fix more bugs of the tool:
    • polish the arrow panel for indicating where it is working on in the GUI: adjustable as GUI changes, etc.
    • correctly handle union types of matches identified during matching process.
    • consistently highlight where user attention is needed.
  • Implement abstract schemas and abstract schema morphisms to make the tool more general: focus on designing a schema morphism interface and implementing it.

Significant Issues:

  • To include the path context in types emerges as a problem when designing and implementing schema morphism interface. This may require significant change to the abstract schema definition and its interface.

Robert Gales

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

  • None

Current Work and Bugs:

  • Bug 1618 - Fix current database representation of a taxon concept's rank
    • Database model designed
    • Currently, fixing the database related code to incorporate the changes

Significant Issues

  • None

Aimee Stewart

Completed tasks/bugs fixed

  • None

Current Work and Bugs

  • Working on integrating tests for each piece of the Taxonomic Exchange Parser. When this is complete, bug 1617, bug 1619, and bug 1620 will be complete.

Significant issues

  • nothing new

Nico Franz

Completed Tasks/Bugs Fixed:

  • None.

Current Work and Bugs:

  • Completing manuscript with co-author (Peet). It's in principle available (should anyone care already).

Significant Issues

  • None.

Bing Zhu

Completed Tasks/Bugs Fixed:

  • none

Current Work and Bugs:

  • re-read the design document of Ecogrid's put API.
  • working on the gwsdl for Ecogfrid's put operation.

Significant Issues:

  • I am not sure if I need to continue my data integration work for Niche Modeling data. I uploaded Niche Modeling data into SRB and created a SRB version of pgm_cut which works very well. Unfortunately there are different opinions about moving the approach into ecogrid level. I personally think it is worth thinking as how we split workloads to server side and client side (especially Kepler actors).

Robert Kukla

Completed tasks/bugs fixed

  • structured feedback from meeting and tried to pinpoint critical issues
  • visited IPNI people in London and analysed results of meeting
  • engaged in discussion about schema issues Gregor, Donald (publications, names)
  • set up TDWG wiki page to facilitate discussion
  • added new elements to schema/restructured it in answer to comments at meeting; this created several possible versions which are still under discussion:
    • ways to facilitate storage of name info that does not pertain to concepts
    • options for different publication schemas
    • store versions/different views
  • introduced abstract types to schema (e.g. for Names/TaxonEntities)
  • investigate use of namespace for unified schema

Rod Spears

Completed Tasks/ Bugs Fixed:

Current Work and Bugs:
  • Continued on Bug 1595 - Create Advance Query Builder UI
    • Work on the generation of SQL

Significant issues * None

Other Status Reports

You can see the status reports for other time periods as well.


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