Workplan 2016
2016 Work Plan
The 2016 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 2015 (deadlines shown in bold). Some items carried over are: TBD (To be decided, or still to be done?)
Last updated: 11 February 2016
Documentation Structure
Task Responsible Due
Periodic Release of Documents Alex Throughout 2016
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
Documentation Content
Task Responsible Due
Produce a documentation Style Guide (or point to example chapter properly formatted) to support members and developers in contributing to the XML documentation in a consistent format. TBD, I. Hrivnacova 2Q
Expand the particle HP section in PRM and application guide P. Arce 1Q (patch release) E-mail query
Unify markup of source code entities (classes, functions, parameters): bold, monospace, whatever, but should be the same all the way through. Maybe define a content-oriented markup tag (a la “<Code>” in HTML) to be used throughout? All 2Q
Automatic documentation generation of Physics Lists A. Dotti, D. Wright 4Q
Update of INCL++ documentation D. Mancusi 4Q
Finish and publish G4 general paper D. Wright 1Q
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
Improve 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 – 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
command guidance, built-in commands and associated CLI html creation J. Allison 4Q
consider our web-presence A. Howard 4Q
Videos
Task Responsible Due
Gather movies related to geant4 made by collaborators and try to find a way to have a better visibility L. Garnier 2Q?
Investigate central repository for video information - demonstrations, tutorials, publicity. Consider creating our own youtube, vimeo, whatever page. Laurent, Marc 3Q?