[wiki:WikiStart Home] | [wiki:HowToUploadData Uploading] | [wiki:HowToViewData Viewing Data] | [wiki:Search Search] | [wiki:HowToMakePublic Making Public] | [wiki:Lists] | [wiki:SampleObject Sample Attributes] | [wiki:ChemicalAnalysisObject Chemical Analysis Attributes] | [wiki:ImageObject Image Attributes] | [wiki:XMLObject XML Output] | [http://samana.cs.rpi.edu/metpetweb/ To MetPetDB]
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Download the [attachment:TutorialFiles.zip tutorial files] here.

= MetPetDB =

== About the Project ==

MetPetDB is a database for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_rock metamorphic] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochemistry geochemistry] that is being designed and built by a global community of metamorphic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrology petrologists] in collaboration with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science computer scientists] at [http://rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute] as part of the National Cyberinfrastructure Initiative and supported by the [http://nsf.gov National Science Foundation]. 

[wiki:About 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 [wiki:VideoTutorials Video Tutorials] '''**NEW**'''
 * [wiki:HowToUploadData How to upload my data] 
 * [wiki:HowToViewData How to view my data]
 * [wiki:Search How to search the database]
 * [wiki:HowToMakePublic How to make my samples public] ([wiki:DataClasses#PublicData viewable by all])
 * [wiki: How to create a project]
 * [wiki: How to edit my profile]


=== Lists of Things ===
 * [wiki:Region Regions]
 * [wiki:RockType Rock Types]
 * [wiki:MetamorphicGrade Metamorphic Grades]
 * [wiki:Mineral Minerals]
 * [wiki:SampleObject#NonNumerics Non-numeric abbreviations] for mineral modes
 * [wiki:Subsample Subsample Types]
 * [wiki:Element Elements]
 * [wiki:Oxide Oxides]
 * [wiki:ChemicalAnalysisObject#NonNumerics Non-numeric abbreviations] for measurements
 * [wiki:Image#Types 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.  

[wiki:Functionality System Functionality][[BR]]
A summary of system functionality.

[wiki:UserTypes User Types][[BR]]
The differences between Anonymous, Member, Contributor, Fellow, MetPetDB Admin, and Sysadmin users.

[wiki:DataClasses Data Classification and Access][[BR]]
The classification of different branches of MetPetDB.[[BR]]
The differences between Private and Public data.

[wiki:DataTypeIndex Data Types][[BR]]
An index for all types of data (some listed below)

[wiki:Projects Projects][[BR]]
Database schema for projects.

[wiki:ObjectModel Object Model][[BR]]
The database schema for different objects.

[wiki:Versioning Data Versioning][[BR]]
How versioning of data works.

[wiki:InterfaceDesign Interface Design][[BR]]
Discuss user interface ideas: structure, interaction, and style.

[wiki:IphoneApp Iphone Application][[BR]]
Design and implementation of our iPhone application.

=== Data and Attributes ===
 * [wiki:Sample Sample]
 * [wiki:Subsample Subsample]
 * [wiki:Image Image]
 * [wiki:ChemicalAnalysis Chemical Analysis]
 * [wiki:Comment Comment]
 * [wiki:Derivative Derivative Data]


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== Developers ==

[wiki:ChemTable Chemical Analysis Table Guidelines][[BR]]
Plans for building tables of chemical analyses.

[wiki:DevLinks Important Links][[BR]]
Development URLs and other important miscellaneous information.

[wiki:DevSetup Environment Setup Guide][[BR]]
A guide to getting the MPDB project environment set up on your machine.

[wiki:SVN MPDB Subversion Info][[BR]]
How to access the Subversion repository without using Eclipse.

[wiki:EclipsePlugins Eclipse Plugins][[BR]]
Recommended plugins to make Eclipse better.

[wiki:DevTracPlugins Trac Plugins][[BR]]
A list of trac plugins we may want to install


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[wiki:WikiStart Home] | [wiki:HowToUploadData Uploading] | [wiki:HowToViewData Viewing Data] | [wiki:Search Search] | [wiki:HowToMakePublic Making Public] | [wiki:Lists] | [wiki:SampleObject Sample Attributes] | [wiki:ChemicalAnalysisObject Chemical Analysis Attributes] | [wiki:ImageObject Image Attributes] | [wiki:XMLObject XML Output] | [http://samana.cs.rpi.edu/metpetweb/ To MetPetDB]