Lattice QCD Data and Metadata Archives at Fermilab and the International Lattice Data Grid
Eric H. Neilsen Jr, James Simone

TL;DR
This paper discusses the development of standardized data and metadata archives for lattice QCD at Fermilab, facilitating collaboration and data sharing within the international lattice community.
Contribution
It presents progress in creating standardized, interoperable archives and interfaces for lattice QCD data and metadata, aligned with ILDG efforts.
Findings
Development of web service interfaces using GSI authentication
Implementation of XML-based data and metadata formats
Integration with international data grid standards
Abstract
The lattice gauge theory community produces large volumes of data. Because the data produced by completed computations form the basis for future work, the maintenance of archives of existing data and metadata describing the provenance, generation parameters, and derived characteristics of that data is essential not only as a reference, but also as a basis for future work. Development of these archives according to uniform standards both in the data and metadata formats provided and in the software interfaces to the component services could greatly simplify collaborations between institutions and enable the dissemination of meaningful results. This paper describes the progress made in the development of a set of such archives at the Fermilab lattice QCD facility. We are coordinating the development of the interfaces to these facilities and the formats of the data and metadata they…
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Taxonomy
TopicsResearch Data Management Practices · Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems · Advanced Data Storage Technologies
