2017 Work Plan
The 2017 Work Plan is divided into four categories, with responsible members and approximate deadlines (end of calendar-year quarters) listed. Some items are carried over from 2016 (deadlines shown in bold). Some items carried over are: TBD (To be decided, or still to be done?)Last updated: 25 January 2017
Documentation Structure
| Task | Responsible | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Periodic Release of Documents | Alex | Throughout 2017 |
| Identify separable parts of Physics Manual, provide top-level XML to generate multiple "books" for each chapter, in addition to the single document. Can EM be split into two or more parts? | TBD | 2Q |
| Identify separable parts of App.Dev., provide top-level XML to generate multiple "books" as above. Can Tracking and Physics be split into two or more parts? | TBD | 2Q |
| General review of documentation (especially with respect to language and completeness) | Alex, Dennis | 2Q |
| Migrate documentation to markdown/read-the-docs | Alex, Pedro, Daren, Ben | Throughout 2017 |
Documentation Content
| Task | Responsible | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic documentation generation of Physics Lists | A. Dotti, D. Wright | 4Q |
| Continued Update of INCL++ documentation | D. Mancusi | 4Q |
| Strangeness inclusion in INCL++ | J-C David | 4Q |
| Maintenance of the geometry/persistency chapters in the manuals | G. Cosmo | 4Q |
| building/installing Doxygen documentation for the examples as part of main build process (nightlies), | B. Morgan | 4Q |
| Continued improvements to the documentation of hadronic physics | A. Ribon | 4Q |
| Basic and extended Examples Documentation | Ivana | 4Q |
| biasing documentation | M. Verderi | 4Q |
| support documentation for EM physics | V. Ivantchenko | 4Q |
| Maintain and update documentation for hadronic models â low energy neutrons, G4ENDL, particle_hp, QMD | T. Koi | 4Q |
| Provide close review of release notes, installation guides and our overall face that we show to our less expert users with eye towards helping these users understand how to get up and running and stay up and running | J. Perl | 4Q |
Web Site Content
| Task | Responsible | Due |
|---|---|---|
| Investigate migration of Web site to modern content management system, such as Drupal at CERN. Includes investigating capability to provide protected/internal Web areas and public/unprotected areas, along with continued Web access to tags database. | G. Folger, A. Howard | 2Q? |
| (Steering Board Action Item 75.10) Expand Web pages of publications, validation results, and external citations, per suggestion from 2012 external review. | TBD, Wright | Ongoing |
| (Steering Board Action Item 75.10) "Better Web "advertising" of GEANT4 achievements" | Howard, Morgan, Garnier | Ongoing |
| (Steering Board Action Item 75.9) "Consult with the responsible parties for different documentation/common Web page areas to develop a consistent interface" | Howard | Ongoing |
| web presence: host the generated Doxygen on the website | B. Morgan | 4Q |
| vis documentation | J. Allison | 4Q |
| consider our web-presence | A. Howard | 4Q |
Videos
| Task | Responsible | Due |
|---|---|---|
| G4Logo and Videos | L. Garnier | 1Q! |
| Investigate central repository for video information - demonstrations, tutorials, publicity. Consider creating our own youtube, vimeo, whatever page. Linked into Drupal Migration. | Laurent, Marc, Alex, Gunter | 2Q? |