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Software Documentation

GlueX Software

Documentation for software systems closely related to GlueX.

Building GlueX Software

• Scripts for Installing GlueX Software: Do a complete build of all standard components of GlueX software or add new versions to an existing build tree.
• Legacy Build Instructions: Guides to various aspects of the build process. Up-to-date-ness may vary.

Software Packages

• sim-recon
  • Doxygen Documentation: Descriptions of sim-recon C++ classes and their relationships.
• JANA
• HDDS: Detector geometry specification
  • HDDS Schema: Includes description of the HDDS mark-up language.
  • General Description and Philosophy
  • Description of the Original GlueX Geometry Implementation
• HDDM: The Hall D Data Model, a format for event-based data.
• EVIO: The CODA event format.
• CCDB: Calibration Database
• AmpTools: Amplitude analysis package (aka partial wave analysis)
• EventStore: a package for managing and deploying events lists
• Run Control Database

General Information

• Browse the Subversion Repository
  • Legacy version

Special Topics

• Offline HOWTO List: Guides to performing various specific tasks.
• Beam Simulations: Geant simulations of the Hall D Tagger Hall

Documentation for External Software Packages

Documentation on additional software packages used by GlueX. Development and maintenance of these are not directly related to GlueX.

Computing Facilities

JLab

• Computer Center
• Scientific Computing
  • Farm Job Status
  • Tape Request Status
  • Disk space usage
    • Group
      • /group/halld leader board
    • Cache
    • Volatile
      • /volatile/halld leader board
    • Work
      • /work/halld leader board
• Hall D and JLab Servers: Web servers, database servers, etc.

Grid

• Open Science Grid
  • Using the Grid
  • Gridmake

Other Computing Resources

• Computer Farms: Clusters at GlueX-collaborating institutions.

Software Management

Topics on governance, conventions, standard practices, etc.

• GlueX Coding Conventions
• Weekly Tests of GlueX Software
• Data_Monitoring_Procedures: Information on offline monitoring of recently-taken data
• Data Challenges: Large-scale tests of computing infrastructure
• Data Management Plan: Long-term preservation of data and data-analysis tools

Meetings and Reviews

• Hall-D Software Meetings: Agendas and minutes

Communication and Help

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Offline Software Email List
  • Send email to the list
  • Message archive
  • Google search of archive
  • Information page (subscribe, unsubscribe, list members, etc.)
• [[GlueX_Communications Communication Instructions]: Guides to technical systems used by GlueX

Old Links

1. Offline Software Topics
   1. EVO
   2. Role of the Software Coordinator
   3. Offline Computing Project Management
   4. Versioning of Calibration Constants
   5. Releases of GlueX Software
   6. JLab Offline Computing Plan, FY2010
   7. Reconstruction Tasks and Topics for Further Development
   8. Doxygen generated documentation
   9. Browse the subversion code repository
   10. Needed Studies
   11. How HDGeant defines time-zero for physics events
   12. Calibration Constants, Tagged Versions
   13. Sensitivity to Magnetic Field Strength
   14. Sim-Recon Tagged Releases
   15. HDDS Tagged Releases
   16. Nightly Builds of GlueX Software
   17. Weekly Tests of GlueX Software
   18. GlueX shared account on the JLab CUE
   19. GlueX Offline FAQ
   20. Running jobs on the grid
   21. Diagnosing segmentation faults in reconstruction software
   22. GEANT 3 manual
   23. osrelease.pl script
   24. Offline Issue Tracking
       • Legacy page: Action Items From Hall-D Software Meetings
   25. Software Task List
   26. Coding Conventions
   27. JANA/DANA
   28. Simulation Software
   29. Geometry
   30. Magnetic Field Maps for Solenoid
   31. The Build Management System (BMS)
   32. Reconstruction Software
   33. Analysis Software
   34. Deprecated Software Links
2. Mantis Bug Tracker <--
3. SCons Build System (SBMS)
4. Offline Projects
5. Version Management
6. Material on Splitoffs
7. EVO
8. GlueX Communications More on ESNET,EVO ...
9. Simple Email Lists: get notifications from automated tests
10. Private:Using VNC
11. 2013 Software Review
12. 2012 Software Review
13. IT in the 12-GeV Era: close-out slides
14. Geometries for 2008 DC Review
15. Tracking resolution estimator (REZEST)
16. Installing HDDS-to-GEANT4 converter
17. Duties of the GlueX Software Coordinator
18. ded
19. Private:Members of the halld group at JLab
20. GlueX Cron Jobs
21. Action Items
22. Action Items Archive