Abstract

IceCube is a cubic kilometer neutrino detector located at the south pole. Metadata for files in IceCube have traditionally been handled on an application by application basis, with no user-facing access. There has been no unified view of data files, and users often query the filesystem to locate files. Recently effort has been put into creating a unified view in a central metadata catalog. Going for a simple solution, we created a userfacing REST API backed by a NoSQL database. All major data producers add their metadata to this central catalog. Schema generation is identified as an important aspect of multi-application metadata services.

Details

Title
IceCube File Catalog
Author
Brik, Vladimir; Meade, Patrick; Merino, Gonzalo; Oertlin, Jan; Schultz, David; Heath Skarlupka
Section
T4 - Data handling
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
EDP Sciences
ISSN
21016275
e-ISSN
2100014X
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2297142866
Copyright
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