Pending Migration to GitHub

MyTardis is currently in the process of moving its codebase operations to GitHub.

MyTardis GitHub Repository

The Google Code site and repository will be closed before the end of January, 2012. A guide is being produced on how to get involved in the GitHub repository.

Documentation

• Development Wiki is used to discuss architecture, new functionality, etc. Once the functionality has been implemented it is moved to the...
• MyTARDIS User and Administration Documentation
• MyTARDIS Doco at PyPi
• Also Proposed Features and Improvements

Introduction

TARDIS is a multi-institutional collaborative venture that facilitates the archiving and sharing of data and metadata collected at major facilities such as the Australian Synchrotron and ANSTO and within Institutions.

An example of the benefit of a system such as Tardis in the protein crystallography community is that while the model coordinates and (less often) the structure factors (processed experimental data) are stored in the community Protein Data Bank (PDB) the raw diffraction data is often not available. There are several reasons why this is important, which can be summarised as:

• The availability of raw data is extremely useful for the development of improved methods of image analysis and data processing.
• Fostering the archival of raw data at an institutional level is one the best ways of ensuring that this data is not lost (laboratory archives are typically volatile).

Acknowledgements

The MyTARDIS project includes development funded by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS, http://ands.org.au). ANDS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super Science Initiative.