Software Architecture and System Design of Rubin Observatory

2022/11/24 by O'Mullane, William, Economou, Frossie, Lim, Kian-Tat +8
#FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Software Engineering (cs.SE)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2211.13611

Abstract

Starting from a description of the Rubin Observatory Data Management System Architecture, and drawing on our experience with and involvement in a range of other projects including Gaia, SDSS, UKIRT, and JCMT, we derive a series of generic design patterns and lessons learned.

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