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 MetPetDB

This is a wiki page about MetPetDB. To access the databse click the "MetPetDB" link above. To access a current list of MetPetDB Published Samples please click on the  Published Samples page

About the Project

 MetPetDB is a database for  metamorphic  geochemistry that is being designed and built by a global community of metamorphic  petrologists in collaboration with  computer scientists at  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as part of the National Cyberinfrastructure Initiative and supported by the  National Science Foundation.

Learn more about the project.

The purpose of this Wiki is to help the MetPetDB designers maintain information about the current status of the MetPetDB System and to allow community feedback on various project design elements.

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Download tutorial files from a MetPetDB workshop at 2009 GSA. These are a good introduction to all of the features of MetPetDB.

How to Use MetPetDB

• Dowloadable Video Tutorials
• How to upload my data
• How to view my data
• How to search the database
• How to make my samples public (viewable by all)
• How to create a project
• How to edit my profile

Lists of Things

• Regions
• Rock Types
• Metamorphic Grades
• Minerals
• Non-numeric abbreviations for mineral modes
• Subsample Types
• Elements
• Oxides
• Non-numeric abbreviations for measurements
• Analytical Method Codes
• Image Types

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Improving MetPetDB

Please contribute your comments on the following pages to help improve the usefulness and usability of MetPetDB.

People involved in the Project
The MetPetDB Working Group
Project Participants/Developers
The MetPetDB Data Mining Team

System Functionality
A summary of system functionality.

User Types
The differences between Anonymous, Member, Contributor, Fellow, MetPetDB Admin, and Sysadmin users.

Data Classification and Access
The classification of different branches of MetPetDB.
The differences between Private and Public data.

Data Types
An index for all types of data (some listed below)

Projects
Database schema for projects.

Object Model
The database schema for different objects.

Data Versioning
How versioning of data works.

Interface Design
Discuss user interface ideas: structure, interaction, and style.

Iphone Application
Design and implementation of our iPhone application.

Structural Data
Data model discussion for structural data.

Data and Attributes

• Sample
• Subsample
• Image
• Chemical Analysis
• Comment
• Derivative Data

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Developers

 MetPetDB is on Wikipedia now.

Search Rebuild Guidelines
Plans for building a better search tool.

Chemical Analysis Table Guidelines
Plans for building tables of chemical analyses.

Important Links
Development URLs and other important miscellaneous information.

Revised Environment Setup Guide
A revised guide to getting the MPDB project environment set up on your machine.

Environment Setup Guide
A guide to getting the MPDB project environment set up on your machine.

MPDB Subversion Info
How to access the Subversion repository without using Eclipse.

Eclipse Plugins
Recommended plugins to make Eclipse better.

Trac Plugins
A list of trac plugins we may want to install

ReleaseRequirements
List of fixes/functions needed for release version 2010 - Revised 9-22-10

IPhone App Developer Documentaion
Complete Documentation of the Iphone App

IPhone Environment Setup
Instructions for setting up the IPhone project in Xcode.

MeetingNotes
Steve's Meeting Notes

ReferenceCountQuery
Reference Count Query

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