Mbirn: Data Provenance:Goals:BIRNAHM2006 - NAMIC

Goals

• Replicate analyses
• Facilitate comparisons across workflows

Discussion

• Regression testing
• Versioning of software - high or low level in a package?
• Assistance from third party developers - NIFTI
• How to support branching and merging in workflows
• Formed cross testbed data provenance specification update (DPSU) and workflow provenance integration (WPI) working group:
  • Nicole (morph, chair for DPSU)
  • Dan, Anthony (morph)
  • Jeff, Neil (CC)
  • Syam, Randy, Dingying (function)
  • Hans (Brians2)
  • Anthony (LDDMM)
  • Mike M. (workflows, chair for WPI)
  • Arash (mouse/Loni)

Deliverables

Dissemination of information via MBIRN WIKI.	Nov/06 + ongoing	Nicole
Bi-weekly teleconferences to update specification	1pm Eastern, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 14	DSPU
Updated Data Provenance specification with new fields required by use cases.	Jan 8/07	Nicole
Updated tool list.	Jan 8/06	DPSU
List of sample use cases (scripts, workflows).	Jan 15/07	DPSU
Sample C code for XML Output	Jan 29/07	Nicole
Teleconferences to update workflow provenance integration	Jan/07	WPI
Contact external tool developers	Feb 15/07	DPSU
Updated BIRN tools.	Mar 1/07	Tool developers
Updated workflow tools for collecting provenance information	May/07	WPI