Milestones for 2001
Geant4 Objectives for Year 2001
Draft 1.0, 11th May 2001
1. The development of new functionality and physics models
There are such objectives in each area of Geant4, corresponding to the working groups.
Each working group has identified a set of objectives. These have been collated in a single document
2. Publications
In addition to a first reference publication on Geant4 this is to include two other papers that span the activities of all working groups, with a target date of January 2002:
A. On the architecture of Geant4.
B. On the Geant4 software process.
3. Evolution of Documentation and training kit
The evolution of these aspects shall be monitored as a ``support'' milestone.
Specific subjects agreed for this objective are:
- Improved tools to help authors in creating and maintaining diverse documents: user documentation, training kit, exercises. [This item is subject to the discovery of expertise and resources.]
- An enhanced training kit including speakers notes for slides that require additional explanations.
- Enhanced documentation with links between user documentation, training kit.
4. Applications of Geant4 and Comparisons with Data
The raison d'etre of Geant4 is its use in applications. By focusing on particular applications that compare with data and/or extend its use in new areas we wish to enable its wider use.
The objective is to develop:
- New comparisons with data: New joint projects to extend and accelerate the comparison of Geant4 with experimental data in important areas that complement the comparisons already done.
- New domains of utilisation: to cover projects extending the scope of the use of Geant4 in specific domains, eg underground experiments, protection of electronics from harsh environment in space, ...
- Provision of regular progress reports on the results of these projects in an online area.
5. Regression Suite
The creation of a verification and regression suite was identified as an important multi-year objective. A practical project to assist in defining requirements and to develop and test a prototype regression suite was identified as the goal of the current year.
May 2001, GF