EPAC 2002 Web Interface

A form is displayed where you can enter either the contribution ID (a number) or the programme code (e.g. MOPGB001) of a paper. Once you click on the SEARCH button, the paper information is listed in 5 tables :
1) The main information about the contribution created when the abstract was submitted : ID, Programme code, Title, co-authors, type of presentation (Poster, Oral , Invited Paper)
and a list of various parameters :

• Status (WITHDRAWN, READY FOR UPLOAD, IN WORK, PROCESSED)

• File Received (YES, NO)

• Category (?, MAC, PC, LATEX)

• Dot (NOT DOTTED, RED DOT, GREEN DOT)

• Posted (YES, NO)

• Manned (YES, NO)

• Quality OK (YES, NO)

• Accepted (YES, NO)

2) The contribution information submitted at paper submission time :

• Modification of the title

• Co-authors and their affiliation to be added

• Co-authors and their affiliation to be removed

• Number of page in this paper

This information is  updatable on this page by clicking the appropriate "Click here to update..." hyperlink.
 

4) The files uploaded :

• ID : ID of the file in the database (You can click on the ID to download the corresponding file) (computed)
• Submission date : Date of the last upload / update of this file) (computed)
• Filename submitted : Filename entered in the upload form by the author
• Filename uploaded : "Real name" of the file uploaded and archive on the EPAC 02 servers. (computed)
• Description : comment / description of  the file entered by the author
• File type : type of file (windows file types : pdf, doc, ps...) (computed)
• File size : size (in K Bytes ) of the file (computed)
• Hardware Platform : can be PC / Windows, PC / Linux, APPLE Platform, UNIX Platform, Other Platform. Selected by author.
• Operating System : Windows 2000, MacOs X, RedHat 7.0... entered by the author
• Software : Word 2000, CorelDraw... entered by the author

5) History of the contribution starting from the paper submission. Most of the changes (events) or comments on a contribution are tracked with a timestamp, the first name and last name of the person who triggered this event.

• Paper submission reception
• File uploads
• File updates
• Status changes
• Dotting
• Title updates
• Comments
• Etc...

This is the main page for processing papers. Papers are classified in 3 categories (PC, MAC, LATEX).
Thus, you can select a category of paper. if you want specific paper, type in the "Paper code" field the contribution ID or the programme code or this paper otherwise let this field blank. click on the "SEARCH" button to get a paper to process.

A paper is ready for processing if :

• Its status is "READY FOR UPLOAD" (or "IN WORK" if you request a specific a specific paper).

• File received equals "YES"

• Its category is set to any of the available categories (PC, MAC, LATEX)

You click on the "SEARCH" button, and you should get a paper to process. The web page provides a simple form at the top and informations similar to the "More informations..."  page describe above (Title, co-authors, files uploaded, history of the paper...).

Once you are allocated a paper to work on (e.g. WEPRI036). You have to search for the paper source folder WEPRI036 (see) on the server. Copy this folder into your working folder (on your machine). Process the paper (see). When you have finished the work you archive the WEPRI036 folder which is in your working folder on the server (see).

Then, you come back to the web interface and you use the text field to enter any comments about the paper, any requests to the author ("Author must resubmit the doc file", "I want to see the author...", etc...). You assign a green dot to the paper if it is correct or a red dot if there are problems. (If you have corrected a paper, you assign a red dot and click on the check box named "The author must proof read his paper"). Finally, you click on the "Finish" button to send the form.

Paper processing workflow :

If you click on this link, your session will be closed and you will be redirected to the log in page.