Sure if it helps reduce the amount of work needed I'm all in favour.
cheers
alessandra
On 24/04/2012 09:41, Stephen Jones wrote:
> On 04/24/2012 08:59 AM, Alessandra Forti wrote:
>> We should also update the contacts.
>
> Hi Alessandra,
>
> I expect many know this already, but fields already exist in
> the CIC portal XML file for all the contacts for all VOs. We may find
> that these fields are stale, but contacts come and go during the life of
> an experiment, and it might be good to use a (slightly) formal process
> whereby the VO concerned updates it's records in the central database
> for global distribution. That way, stale data is systematically
> eliminated.
>
> If you want, I could parse the XML with my "SAX parser" to get those
> contacts? It's just an idea that could help us reduce document
> maintenance, which we know from experience is a patchy process.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Steve
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