RefDB: The Reference Database for CMS Monte Carlo Production

Lefebure, Veronique; Andreeva, Julia

CMS Note
Report number	hep-ex/0305092 ; CHEP-2003-TUKT002 ; CMS-CR-2003-017
Title	RefDB: The Reference Database for CMS Monte Carlo Production
Related title	compact muon solenoid
Author(s)	Lefebure, Veronique (CERN ; Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) ; Andreeva, Julia (CERN ; UC, Riverside)
Publication	2003
Imprint	28 May 2003
Number of pages	4
Note	Also submitted on 11 Jun 2003 in CMS
In:	eConf C 0303241 (2003) pp.TUKT002
In:	2003 Conference for Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics, La Jolla, CA, USA, 24 - 28 Mar 2003, pp.TUKT002
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; CMS
Free keywords	PRS ; SOFTWARE
Abstract	RefDB is the CMS Monte Carlo Reference Database. It is used for recording and managing all details of physics simulation, reconstruction and analysis requests, for coordinating task assignments to world-wide distributed Regional Centers, Grid-enabled or not, and trace their progress rate. RefDB is also the central database that the workflow-planner contacts in order to get task instructions. It is automatically and asynchronously updated with book-keeping run summaries. Finally it is the end-user interface to data catalogues.
Copyright/License	Preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0)