Mbirn: Data Provenance:Goals:BIRNAHM2006 - NAMIC

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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