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Re: [ddlm-group] Moving forward with DDLm
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- Subject: Re: [ddlm-group] Moving forward with DDLm
- From: David Brown <idbrown@mcmaster.ca>
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:38:54 -0500
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For the benefit of the group. let me expand a little on James'
report regarding the conversion of the CIF dictionaries. Nick and Syd
converted the CIF1 core dictionary into half a dozen DDLm compliant
subdictionaries to create a proof-of-principle system. Under DDLm any
number of subdictionaries can be merged into a single working
dictinary. I have been checking these dictionaries to convert them to
something that COMCIFS can approve. This includes, for example,
aliasing CIF1 and CIF2 data names for backward compatibility, although
for the most part the new names are the same as the old. I have also
been checking the defnitions and checking that new items work the way
they are supposed to. So far I have finished two of these
subdictionaries and I am working on the third. Learning how DDLm works
also takes time. I am passing on the resulting files to James who is
preparing a validating program for DDLm compliant CIF dictionaries.
When this is working there will no doubt be more changes needed. There are many opportunities for enriching these dictionaries by adding further methods, and some of these will require decisions by COMCIFS, but for now the priority is to get some dictionaries working so that we can locate unexpected glitches and condsider possible extensions. In order to speed up the testing of these dictionaries I am keeping my changes to a minimum. I agree with Herbert that the product will not be perfect, but now ia a propitious time for COMCIFS approval of a stable version of DDLm and dREL that we can change and adapt later. David James Hester wrote: Dear DDLm group, Now that the CIF2 syntax specification is well on the way to approval, our energies can be turned towards the remaining pieces in the puzzle, which are DDLm and dREL. DDLm and dREL are the result of at least a decade of development and consultation. Given the lack of objections to the DDLm specification within this group, I am satisfied that the draft of DDLm that is currently posted is sufficiently well-developed to serve as a version 0.99 document that can be accepted by COMCIFS under its normal dictionary acceptance procedure. This group would then become the DDLm dictionary maintenance group (subject to formal COMCIFS approval). Meanwhile, work needs to be done to produce DDLm versions of current DDL1 and DDL2 dictionaries; this may expose some minor flaws in the DDLm specification which I believe can be dealt with as DDLm updates. Once a few such DDLm dictionaries are ready, we should then be ready to release a 1.0 DDLm specification together with accompanying dictionaries. I note here that David Brown has already prepared a draft Core dictionary in DDLm based on Nick and Syd's version. Therefore, please indicate if you agree to submit DDLm and dREL to COMCIFS for approval without further discussion on this list. In any case, if no objections are received by the end of the year (the expiry of the term for objections to the CIF2 specification) I will submit both DDLm and dREL to COMCIFS for approval in the New Year. James. |
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