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Download the tutorial files here.

MetPetDB

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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How to Use MetPetDB

• Dowloadable Video Tutorials **NEW**
• 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
• 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.

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.

Data and Attributes

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

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Developers

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

Important Links
Development URLs and other important miscellaneous information.

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

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