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- **Non-Database Setup:** Enable workflows that do not require PostgreSQL or a web front-end.
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- Identify PEcAn modules that are still DB-dependent and refactor them to allow freestanding use
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- Implement mechanisms for decoupling the DB from the model pipelines in time and space while still tracking provenance. Perhaps this could involve separate prep/execution/post-logging phases, but we encourage your creative suggestions.
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- Implement mechanisms for decoupling the DB from the model pipelines in time and space while still tracking provenance. Perhaps this could involve separate prep/execution/post-logging phases, but we encourage your creative suggestions.
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- Create tools that maximize interoperability with data from other sources, including from external databases or the user's own observations.
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- Identify functionality from the "BETYdb network" sync system that is out of date and replace or remove it as needed.
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- A distributable dataset of the existing trait and yield records in a maximally reusable format (i.e. maybe _not_ Postgres)
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- A workflow that is independent of the Postgres database.
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**Skills Required**:
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- Familiarity with database concepts required
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- Postgres experience helpful (and required if proposing DB cleanup tasks)
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- R experience helpful (and required if proposing PEcAn code changes)
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**Contact person:**
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Chris Black (@infotroph)
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**Duration:**
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Suitable fora Medium (175hr) or Large (350 hr) project.
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Suitable for a Medium (175hr) or Large (350 hr) project.
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**Difficulty:**
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Medium, Large
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Intermediate to hard
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