PDG Encoding Instructions

Getting Started

Log In. Go to https://pdgprod.lbl.gov/pdgprod/PdgWorkspace/ and log in. You should see "Encoding System" on the top of the screen, as shown below (amongst other things, if you have other roles enabled).

Your encodings

You should see a list of papers ready for you under "Pending Tasks." If you are the overseer for a section and your encoder has not yet completed their work, you will find these unfinished papers under "Future Tasks."

1. Check out the information for your pending task - if you would like to see the PDF of the paper, click the paper icon next to the reference in the "Paper" column.
2. Click on the task, for example "AAD 2013AD."
3. You should see the screen below, with four tabs. Start on the first one, "reference details" and enter the information. Overseers, if you are entering encodings into the system for your encoders, you will start out on the last tab, "review & sign off." You need to click on the first gray tab to go back and enter "reference details". Finish by clicking the "save details" button, or mark the paper as empty from this screen.
4. Click on the next tab, "add measurements." For examples of the syntax to use, put your mouse pointer over the question marks in boxes near each heading. Please leave the charge empty unless needed.
5. If needed, click on the next tab, "toolbox" to enter new decay modes and branching ratios. Not all encoders will need this page.
6. The final tab, "review & sign off" gives you the opportunity to generate a PDF with your new work, click "view rpp for XXX" where XXX is your node.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who can I email with problems and suggestions? Please email pdg-feedback-workspace@pdg.lbl.gov with a detailed description of your problem, including the browser type you are using. Screenshots can also be helpful. Before sending, please check here to see if your problem has already been reported below.

Requested Features & "Features" already reported

1. Some sections of the PDG have special needs, so will not find everything they need included. Please email us to let us know what is missing for you so that we can improve the system for the future. Known special needs are listed here:

Kaons: The kaon listing will need an additional field in the encoding tool. Some of the measurements will need to have the variable "TYPE" defined in the database. The TYPE field can also be empty for some measurements. The only affected nodes are S010, S011, S012, and S013 so we just need to enable this feature for those four nodes. Maybe this can be done more generally. The possible values of TYPE are CPT, noCPT, UNIV, noUNIV.

Questions? Problems? Suggestions?

Please make sure your problems or suggestions are not already listed above, then email pdg-feedback-workspace@pdg.lbl.gov

-- KathyCopic - 2012-10-10