1. Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Part of a collaboration between Adelaide University, Indiana University, James Cook University, State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, and the University of Sydney. Collaborative Remote Access, Web Services and Some Virtual Reality for a Kappa Goniometer - a bit of an update - and maybe some other news

4. Ewald construction ‘capturing’ the volume of reciprocal space swept out by the area detector is displayed as the crystal is rotated with a virtual Kappa goniostat. [ RSPACE - a reciprocal-space modelling tool. M. R. HARRIS and M. FITZGIBBONJ. Appl. Cryst. (1989). 22, 624-627]

11. Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Tango as a CIMA plugin 1) Get Parcel sent by the Client 2) Helper is retrieved with variables name 3) Read_attribute called on Tango Server, variables read 4) Values converted from Double to String 5) Get response Parcel returned to the client Tango Server CIMA IR Tango Plugin 1 3 2 CIMA Client 3 5 4 Instrument

15. The story of Data-MINX (well, some of it anyway … )

16. User friendly (intuitive) services to search, locate, access, move and preserve data (so something better than carrying data home on disks, following an experiment at a research facility).User friendly (intuitive) services to search, locate, access, move and preserve data (so something better than carrying data home on disks, following an experiment at a research facility). ‘Seamless’ connectivity across resources (eg SRB/iRODS). ‘Seamless’ connectivity across resources (eg SRB/iRODS). Move data to processing resources (inc. users home institution desktop) or repository services (eg GridFTP).Move data to processing resources (inc. users home institution desktop) or repository services (eg GridFTP). Collaborative/shared access to data; dynamic VOs (eg WebDAV). Collaboration services (eg Plone or SAKAI).Collaborative/shared access to data; dynamic VOs (eg WebDAV). Collaboration services (eg Plone or SAKAI). Single SIgn On (AAF or an interim provider).Single SIgn On (AAF or an interim provider). Interoperability - search across national and international facilities (eg OPAL, ISIS and SNS). Interoperability - search across national and international facilities (eg OPAL, ISIS and SNS). Provide standard ‘interchange’ data format (contribute to development if need be). Aids processing, curation and software development.Provide standard ‘interchange’ data format (contribute to development if need be). Aids processing, curation and software development. Harvest as much metadata as possible/sensible, as soon as possible.Harvest as much metadata as possible/sensible, as soon as possible. Remote access and workflow services.Remote access and workflow services. Data-MINX Services Wish List:

17. The End; thanks ….

18. Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Kappa Group Workshop Lorentz Center Leiden April 16-17 2008 Acknowledgements: Sydney Uni JCUIndiana and SUNY Douglas du Boulay Ian M. Atkinson Rick McMullen Clinton Chee Tristan KingKen Chiu Richard LeowNigel G.D. Sim Romain Quilici Mathew Wyatt Australian Research Council: e-Research Seed Funding Programme and the Research Networks Programme (MMSN: Molecular and Materials Structure Network). Department of Education Science and Training: Dataset Acquisition, Accessibility, and Annotation e-Research Technologies (DART) project GrangeNet: The Integration of Scientific Instruments into the Grid