Data Flow Software Requirements

The document is prepared by the Data Flow Instrument Responsible, jointly approved and released by the Data Management Division and the IR. This document details the requirements and describes accurately the Template parameter set, template GUIs, model of exposure time calculator, pipelines.

• Template files
  

  Templates and calibration Observation Blocks are listed with their parameters. Preliminary versions of the Phase II Template PAF files are produced.

• Exposure Time Calculators
  

  The required ETC models are described (modes, sources, observation conditions, GUIs). This section will drive the generation of ETC PAF files.

• Data Reduction Requirements
  

  Procedures are listed for all observation modes of the instrument. The Templates and calibration Observation Blocks to be processed by the pipeline are identified. Needs for Reduction Recipes for the purpose of calibration, reduction, quality control, and observatory pipelines are identified.

  The data reduction requirements are defined by the Data Flow Instrument Responsible, initially in collaboration with the instrument development team. It will identify:

  • for all instrument modes, the detailed reduction recipes requirements.
  • the subset of the observing modes and instrument configurations that will be supported by the pipeline. For these modes, the following additional requirements will be defined:
    • Standard settings (or Templates).
    • Technical programs and data verification
    • Calibration data
    • Pipeline procedures allowing unsupervised calibration.
    • Quality control procedures (Instrument performance control, data control).
    • Simulations for pipeline testing.

The project manpower estimates are updated at this phase.