[Insight-developers] [Insight-users] Submit ITK modules to Insight Journal

[Xiaoxiao Liu]

Yup, good tip! Git hub is awesome :P


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 1:33 PM, David Cole <dlrdave at aol.com> wrote:

> On the other hand, if you already have something in github, it’s quite
> trivial to get a tarball for it:
>
>     https://github.com/blowekamp/itkOBBLabelMap/archive/master.tar.gz
>
> Or for a specific commit:
>
>     *https://github.com/blowekamp/itkOBBLabelMap/archive/
> 6e03338d3a5d76782e488222bf343b58a6b852ac.tar.gz
> *
>
>
>
> *From:* Xiaoxiao Liu
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 3, 2013 1:17 PM
> *To:* Bradley Lowekamp
> *Cc:* Insight Developers
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Bradley Lowekamp <blowekamp at mail.nih.gov>wrote:
>
>> Xiaoxiao,
>>
>> I was looking at the instructions for the source module:
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/InsightJournalTemplate/tree/ModularTemplate/Source
>>
>> It looks like I need to copy my current ITK Module into this IJ Template
>> directory, then copy it back into ITK to build it... Seems like too much
>> coping.
>>
>>
>
>>
>> Say I have a module I have been using and want to write an IJ article on
>> it:
>>
>> https://github.com/blowekamp/itkOBBLabelMap
>>
>> Could I just add a submodule in the Source directory? Do I have to use
>> the "MyIJSubmission" for the name of my module?
>>
>>
> >> You don't need to copy your ITK module into the IJ template directory.
> You should be able to just upload the module folder "*itkOBBLabelMap"* as
> it is, no need to use "MyIJSubmission".  Take a look at the LSTK example<http://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/869>,
> look into the zip file, you will see.   I will update the instructions to
> make it clear.
>
>
>>
>> Would something like the following work:
>> git clone --origin template git at github.com:InsightSoftwareConsortium/InsightJournalTemplate.git
>> ijOBBLabelMap
>> cd  ijOBBLabelMap
>> git submodule add https://github.com/blowekamp/itkOBBLabelMapSource/itkOBBLabelMap
>>
>> * >> Why you are using submodule here? Right now, we still require
> contributors to upload the code tar ball instead of providing a git url. It
> is an excellent idea though to use a git repo link instead. This will need
> some extra work on the IJ server end. Let me check how difficult it is and
> report back.*
> * *
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Xiaoxiao Liu <xiaoxiao.liu at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Just want to let you know that our favorite open-source journal the Insight
>> Journal <http://www.insight-journal.org/>
>> now supports *ITK module* submissions.
>>
>> The modular code template can be found at:
>> http://www.insight-journal.org/help/submission
>>
>> Here is an example of the ITK module submission:
>>   http://www.insight-journal.org/browse/publication/869
>> with the dashboard testing results<http://open.cdash.org/viewTest.php?buildid=2837728>shown on the review page.
>>
>> Newly submitted  ITK modules will be tested with ITK 4.3.1 for now,  and
>> hopefully will soon be tested with  latest release version of ITK at the
>> time of submission.
>>
>> The main advantages of organizing your code into a ITK module (using the
>> itk module macros in the CMake code) for IJ submission are:
>> 1) Make it easier to integrate your code into ITK proper later. The
>> modular structure makes you to think about the module dependencies and
>> categorization of your code earlier on.
>> 2) Make it easy to share your cool contribution to the community via the ITK
>> Remote Module distribution mechanism<http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Policy_and_Procedures_for_Adding_Remote_Modules> :
>> other ITK users/developers can fetch your code remotely by switching on a
>> CMake variable at build time.
>> 3) Testing is easy when utilizing the testing infrastructure  (providing
>> image comparisons) in ITK, just follow the example provided in the modular
>> template.
>>
>> Please let me know if you see problems or need help when submitting your
>> modular ITK code.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --Best
>> Xiaoxiao
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> *Xiaoxiao Liu*, Ph.D.
>> R & D Engineer
>> Kitware Inc <http://www.kitware.com/>.
>> Clifton Park, NY
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> ---------------------------------------------
> *Xiaoxiao Liu*, Ph.D.
> R & D Engineer
> Kitware Inc <http://www.kitware.com/>.
> Clifton Park, NY
> Phone: (518) 881-4924  or  (518) 371-3971 x124
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*Xiaoxiao Liu*, Ph.D.
R & D Engineer
Kitware Inc <http://www.kitware.com/>.
Clifton Park, NY
Phone: (518) 881-4924  or  (518) 371-3971 x124
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