LSST DM's resolution in 2016: Write the Docs.

Talk at the NSF Pavilion at AAS 227 in Kissimmee Florida.

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1. LSST Data Management’s New Year’s resolution for 2016: Write the Docs. Jonathan Sick Software Dev LSST DM, SQuaRE @jonathansick
2. LSST DM is building a software stack to handle the largest imaging survey, ever.
3. Level 1 Alert Production 10 million events, every night Every 60 seconds
4. Level 2 Data Release 37 billion objects (15 petabytes of tables) 5.5 million images (500 petabytes) after ten years. Every year
5. Level 2.5 User Processing Your measurement code. Run on the LSST processing queue.
6. Level 3 Science Interfaces Tools for doing science with LSST data.
7. The Software Stack is a key legacy of LSST. We are designing the LSST Stack to process any image dataset, from any telescope.
8. 1. We are creating a new ‘usability czar’ role. 2. We are re-booting how we make docs; building a ‘culture of docs.’ Developing for usability.
9. community.lsst.org A discussion forum for anyone building or using LSST software and data.
10. Technical Note Series Technotes are a way for us to record & publish the by-products of LSST software research and development.
11. Technical Note Series Native to the web.
12. Technical Note Series Streamlined publishing. .. reStructuredText:: readthedocs.org
13. Technical Note Series Citeable.
14. Software Documentation User guides. Tutorials & example projects. API Programming References. Machine-tested, continuously published. We are building a culture of docs at Data Management.
15. 2016: The Year of LSST DM Docs. 1. community.lsst.org discussion forum 2. Data Management Technotes 3. All-new software documentation platform Sign up now! LSST DM’s knowledge; on the web, citeable. Coming soon.