Re: references to x-ray databases from www.aps.anl.gov

[mooney@aps.anl.gov (Tim Mooney)]

Sergey, re...

> For the time I have been here, I developed some CGI 
> interfaces to my x-ray software library. These are
> the calculations of Bragg rocking curves for x-ray
> monochromators and strained crystals in varios 
> diffraction geometries, x-specular reflection 
> reflection profiles for multilayer mirrors, 
> scattering factors for x-ray diffraction and 
> reflection, x-ray diffuse scattering from 
> interface roughness, etc. 
> 
> I believe that such a library is quite helpful
> since I have had more than 3000 hits during 
> 9 months and without any serious advertizing. 
> 
> So, I think, it would be interesting to refer it 
> somehow from the central APS page. Besides, there 
> are several other sites providing the calculations 
> and online databases often needed by SR uses.
> For example, some quite interesting data are 
> presented at NIST, LBL, IIT, ESRF,... I can share
> my collection of references. It would be not a bad 
> idea to have such a collection of references at
> the APS page. Or, is it may be done and I simply 
> did not find the right URL? If not, could you
> refer me to the right person?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Sergey
> 
> P.S. My collection is presenrted right at my home 
> page <http://sergey.bio.aps.anl.gov>. I maintain
> separate counters for each of the program and for 
> the home pages itself.
> 
> 
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> Illinois Institute of Technology, | Tel.: +1 (630) 252-0540
> BioCAT at Advanced Photon Source  | Email: sergey@bio.aps.anl.gov
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Good idea.  Sorry it's taken me so long to respond.
I can think of two likely spots for links to such a page:

1) the page that currently has links to all CAT home pages
(http://www.aps.anl.gov/cats/cathome.html)

2) XFD's home page, under 'Software Information'
(http://www.aps.anl.gov/xfd/)

Who should gather the links, etc.?  One possibility is for us to
attach an HTML form to the page, so anyone could send a link and it's
description to our clerk, who could then post it.  We could eventually
make the process completely automatic, if people think that's a good
idea.

Tim Mooney