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Minutes of meeting 05/02/2001 @ 2pm |
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Location: UKC Computer Science Meeting Room |
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Present: ajm4, pjm2, tdb1 |
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Absent: ab11 |
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Ash was absent from this meeting after oversleeping and not |
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making it to campus on time. The group waited for around an |
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hour before commencing the meeting anyway. |
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Initial discussions were, as usual, about the progress of |
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the systems. A lot of work had been done since the last |
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meeting, some due to the design change in the database. Paul |
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put extensive work into completely rewriting the DBReporting |
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tools, and they now run considerably quicker. AJ made the |
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frontend of the client display nearly all the data in a |
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graphical form, and changed more stuff "under the hood". Tim |
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implemented the local client structure, on both the server, |
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and a dummy client. |
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After feedback in the week from jc with regard to our |
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database size, the group decided it was worth discussing his |
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opinions. The group could understand the viewpoint, but |
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stuck by the long standing decision to use XML formatting |
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for the data. However, it was decided to look into |
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compression techniques, and possibly removing some of the |
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unneeded tags (using attributes?). |
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The group noted that time was slowly running out, and |
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expressed concern on the development of the host. Ash was |
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absent and unable to comment. There were 3 weeks remaining |
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until project week, and a lot to do. |
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On the whole, the group were happy with the milestones at |
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present, with some parts being further behind than planned, |
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but others further ahead. |
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There will be no meeting with Ian this week. The next group |
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meeting will be on Monday. |
