Figure 3
The application environment and data flow for the ISPyB database. The user's home laboratory is on the left of the figure and the synchrotron facility is on the right. Details of experimental session scheduling are retrieved by ISPyB from the ESRF user portal database (Scientific Management Information System; SMIS). Prior to each experimental session, information (protein name, organism, safety class, diffraction plan etc.) concerning the samples to be studied can be provided to the ISPyB database and can be downloaded to the beamline-control module (BCM) on the day of the experiment in order to guide data collection. During an experiment ISPyB records, stores and makes available to users in real time all relevant experimental parameters for each data collection as well as the results of automatic sample evaluation using EDNA and automatic data processing. |