[Imgcif-l] CBF file templates

[Harry Powell]

hi

> The aim is to define a superset of the format that the ADSC produces,

This would be good, and what I've been asking for for several years.  
Consistency is a wonderful thing.

It's not just Mosflm though.


> Hi Harry,
>
> Since we have more ADSC detectors than any other this is something at
> the front of my mind! However, something we're looking for is being  
> able
> to put more information in the image header than is currently  
> contained
> therein (= omelette)
> so some change may be necessary (= broken eggs)
>
> The aim is to define a superset of the format that the ADSC produces,
> which should mean that Mosflm continues to be happy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graeme
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: imgcif-l-bounces at iucr.org [mailto:imgcif-l-bounces at iucr.org] On
> Behalf Of Harry Powell
> Sent: 29 September 2009 10:32
> To: The Crystallographic Binary File and its imgCIF application to  
> image
> data
> Subject: Re: [Imgcif-l] CBF file templates
>
> Hi
>
> Use something that doesn't break the CBFs that the ADSC detectors  
> write.
> They are, without a doubt, the best model to use, mainly because they
> have been writing CBFs for more years than I care to remember and  
> Chris
> has been more responsive than anyone else in making them useful.
>
> On 29 Sep 2009, at 09:58, Winter, Graeme (DLSLtd,RAL,DIA) wrote:
>
>> Dear CBF'ers,
>>
>> I'm working on trying to establish a "Diamond standard" template for
>> our CBF files across a number of detectors, and I was wondering how
>> this is best specified. What would be ideal would be to set up a
>> template which contains those things that the beamline "knows" but  
>> the
>
>> detector does not, then have the detector software populate the other
>> fields (e.g.
>> exposure time, integration time, maximum trusted pixel, oscillation
>> start / end) to give a full description.
>>
>> Now, has anyone done something like this? If so, how do you specify
>> the fields which are to be replaced? If not, does anyone have an
>> opinion on how this should be done?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>> Graeme Winter
>> Software and MX Support Scientist
>> Diamond Light Source
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