A Tony Thomas-Inspired Guide to INSPIRE
The SPIRES database was created in the late 1960s to catalogue the high energy physics preprints received by the SLAC Library. In the early 1990s it became the first database on the web and the first website outside of Europe. Although indispensible to the HEP community, its aging software infrastructure is becoming a serious liability. In a joint project involving CERN, DESY, Fermilab and SLAC, a new database, INSPIRE, is being created to replace SPIRES using CERN's modern, open-source Invenio database software. INSPIRE will maintain the content and functionality of SPIRES plus many new features. I describe this evolution from the birth of SPIRES to the current day, noting that the career of Tony Thomas spans this timeline.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 978881
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-10-061-BSS; TRN: US1003046
- Journal Information:
- Submitted to AIP Conf.Proc., Conference: Presented at Achievements and New Directions in Subatomic Physics: Workshop in Honour of Tony Thomas' 60th Birthday, Adelaide, Australia, 15-19 Feb 2010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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