bertron

Cross-BER Data Integration

The BERtron scratch project is for any scripts, data, documentation, or other files that relate to the BERtron project. It is essentially a catch-all for items intended to be shared with the rest of the project team. The structure of this repository will evolve along with the project requirements.

BERtron is the cross-BER Data Integration initiative involving JGI, EMSL, NMDC, ESS-DIVE, and KBase. The ultimate goal is to develop a common method for querying data from our respective APIs.

Contributing

Any member of the BERtron Systems Engineering Team may contribute to this project.

Here's a link to the repository's contribution guide, which covers setting up a development environment.

Other Project Resources

Roadmap

A project roadmap will be forthcoming.

Phase 1 Activities from Planning Proposal (October 3, 2024)

Presentations and Documents

• Google Drive (for presentations and documents)
• Codeathon 1 (Berkeley Lab, October 29 – 30, 2024)
• Codeathon 2 (Virtual, March 6-7, 2025)
• Codeathon 3 (Berkeley Lab, June 2025) - TBD

User Research 1 (October - December 2024)

• User Interviews (spreadsheet)
• Interview Notes (spreadsheet)
• Insights & Actions (document)
• Affinity Mapping (miro board)

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Team

Project Leads

• Kjiersten Fagnan <kmfagnan@lbl.gov> (Project Lead - LBL/JGI)
• Ratna Saripalli <ratnas@pnnl.gov> (Deputy Project Lead - PNNL/EMSL)
• Set Sarrafan <ssarrafan@lbl.gov> (Software Delivery Manager - LBL/JGI)

Systems Engineering

• Charles Parker <ctparker@lbl.gov> (Engineering Lead - LBL/JGI)
• Eric Cavanna <eecavanna@lbl.gov> (LBL/NMDC)
• Shreyas Cholia <scholia@lbl.gov> (LBL/ESS-DIVE)
• Valerie Hendrix <vchendrix@lbl.gov> (LBL/ESS-DIVE)
• James Carr <james.carr@pnnl.gov> (PNNL/EMSL)
• Makena Dettmann <makena.dettmann@pnnl.gov> (PNNL/EMSL)
• AJ Ireland <aireland@lbl.gov> (LBL/KBase)
• Jeffrey Johnson <jeff@cohere-llc.com> (Cohere Consulting, Inc/KBase - DTS)

User Research

• Steven Wilson <sewilson@lbl.gov> (User Research Lead - LBL/JGI)
• Montana Smith <montana.smith@pnnl.gov> (PNNL/EMSL)
• Sarah Leichty <sarah.leichty@pnnl.gov> (PNNL/EMSL - MONet)
• Erin Bredeweg <erin.bredeweg@pnnl.gov> (PNNL/EMSL - Fungal)
• Elisha Wood-Charlson <elishawc@lbl.gov> (LBL/KBase - GROW/WHONDRS)
• Joan Damerow <joandamerow@lbl.gov> (LBL/ESS-DIVE)
• Alicia Clum <aclum@lbl.gov> (LBL/NMDC)

Advisory Group

• Douglas
• Emiley
• Charu
• Nigel
• Adam

Support

For questions about this repository, please contact Charles Parker <ctparker@lbl.gov>.

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License

BSD-3-Clause-LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Labs BSD variant license