Report on the Database Workshop

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Report on the Database Workshop
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Organizational Information

• A workshop on database design for EPICS-and
  CDEV-based control systems
• September 6-8, at Jefferson Laboratory
• Labs attending BESSY, LANL, ORNL, JLAB, PSI, BNL

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EPICS IOC Databases

• Database generations two flavors
• Templates outside the database, substitution
  parameters inside
• Not all data is available from the database
• All records and fields in the database
• How to keep graphical information/DB links?

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Other Database Uses

• Managing machine optics
• Managing save/restore, archiver, and alarm
  handler filesand integrating with IOC database
  management
• Application management

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Other Database Issues

• Human resources--form designdatabase design
  ratio is 31 up to 51
• Web-based Java tools seem to be the direction
  that user-interfaces are going