[Ctk-developers] Feedback and questions about DataManagement libraries within CTK

[Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin]

Hi Sasha,

Thanks for your input.

You all make a good point regarding a possible abstraction, the "meaning"
associated with each metadata is what matters.

Thanks
Jc

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Sascha Zelzer <s.zelzer at dkfz-heidelberg.de
> wrote:

>  Hi Everybody,
>
> Sorry for my late comments, I could not make it before Monday.
>
>
> * On medium/long term, I envisioned:
>    - to have an abstracted layer that would provide us with a way to
> download/upload/browse data available on either a DICOM Pacs, a Midas
> server, a XNAT server, a FTP server, etc ...  The user would basically input
> a URI and associated with the appropriate ServerType.
>   - that ServerType would corresponds to a plugin providing a specific
> implementation
>   - that an appropriate level of abstraction could be reached especially
> considering the fact that data are "just blob" with associated meta data.
>   - to possibly move DICOM code into, for example, Libs/DataManagement ?
>
>
> While the idea of a general interface for data management is very
> intriguing, I tend to agree with Steve here. IMHO, it is the meta data
> associated with each "data blob" which is the hard part. For the interface
> to be useable, it would need to know how to serve this meta data in a useful
> way to its clients. I am afraid that the intersection of meaningful common
> meta data is close to being empty... but like Steve, I'd be happy to further
> discuss any design ideas.
>
>
> * This *coming Monday*, within Kitware we will do a *one-day hackfest* to
> consolidate this library. To move in the appropriate direction, I am seeking
> your input to help addressing the following questions:
>
>   1) What are your thought regarding the "medium/long term goal" I
> mentioned above ?
>
>   2) As of today, does it make sens to add a library named
> DataManagement/MidasClient into CTK ?
>
>
> I guess the last point has been answered already.
>
> Best,
>
> Sascha
>



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