Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

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

Jonathan Sick
January 05, 2016

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

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

Jonathan Sick

January 05, 2016
Tweet

More Decks by Jonathan Sick

Other Decks in Science

Transcript

  1. LSST Data Management’s New Year’s resolution for 2016: Write the

    Docs. Jonathan Sick Software Dev LSST DM, SQuaRE @jonathansick
  2. Level 2 Data Release 37 billion objects (15 petabytes of

    tables) 5.5 million images (500 petabytes) after ten years. Every year
  3. The Software Stack is a key legacy of LSST. We

    are designing the LSST Stack to process any image dataset, from any telescope.
  4. 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.
  5. Technical Note Series Technotes are a way for us to

    record & publish the by-products of LSST software research and development.
  6. Software Documentation User guides. Tutorials & example projects. API Programming

    References. Machine-tested, continuously published. We are building a culture of docs at Data Management.
  7. 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.