Goals for 2.2 release
Overall release goal: improvements in Kepler for specific science users
Who are we targeting:
1) Pedagogical: target core curriculum in some specific domain
2) People who would benefit from 'choose and wire' paradigm
3) Java programmer: who wants to extend and specialize Kepler
Potential feature improvements
A. Improve workflow publishing system for scientists
-- populate with workflows from our projects
-- evaluate myExperiment workflows for inclusion in Kepler
-- what improvements are needed?
B. Finishing and polishing the provenance framework
-- integrate comad-style prov with other prov
-- add in provenance browser support -- data dependency browser
-- integrate with run manager
C. Publish standard models or analyses as workflows that act as exemplars
-- pedagogical tool
-- follow one or more textbooks, becomes tool for instruction
-- our development team isn't the right group to pick these, need domain advice
-- important to decide how to position Kepler (e.g., dataflow workflows, versus analytical modeling, etc)
D. Make R a first-class component in Kepler
E. Improvements to UI of displaying hierarchical models
-- e.g., easy way to expand composites
F. Build component library that is needed to satisfy particular community needs
-- e.g., full suite of stats analysis actors
G. Make it easier to transform and shim data to pass to external tools wrapped in Kepler
Assessment of top priority
Top choice
Ilkay - A, then B
Mark - C
Tim - A, then B
Matt - F
Christopher - A, then C
Shawn - A, but need C to populate, need F for C
TODO
* Schedule K/C developers telecon for 2.1 release for Fri 16th (Ilkay will arrange)
* Matt will integrate this list onto plone page for K/C priorities
* Matt send synopsis of call to Bertram
* Aug 4 call -- develop ideas for 2.2 further
Davis:
Sean (50% KC, 50% Reap) until Dec 2010, then 100% through March 31, 2011
David (100%) through March 31 2011
Lei Dou (100%) July 2010 through March 31, 2011
Daniel Zinn (100%) July 2010 through March 31, 2011
Santa Barbara:
Aaron (3 months, 100%)
San Diego:
Madhu (50% May 2010 to March 2011)
Jianwu (50% September 2010 to March 2011)