SBCS+Instructions

=Santa Barbara Cluster Standards Project: Instructions=

Everyone is invited to contribute to the discussion on these wiki pages. In order to contribute, you will need to register for an account on Wikispaces, which hosts all of the KITP wiki pages. Use the My Account link on the upper right of this page to start the process.

Once you have an account, use the Join this Wiki link in the left-hand column to send a message to the organizers. We will then authorize you to edit, which should enable you to edit any of the wiki pages of the Santa Barbara Cluster Standards Project by clicking on the edit tab on the right side of the page. The interface is simple and easy to use, and there is a Help link at the top of the page.

If you make a contribution of any kind, please add your name to the contributors list on the top page, so that we can acknowledge your contribution as appropriate. Once the standard definitions have stabilized, we intend to publish them in a refereed journal, naming all who made substantive contributions as co-authors.

We have started things off with a framework of category pages linked to a Table of Contents on the top page. If you would like to add a new standard quantity to any of the pages, please start by cutting and pasting the following template into that page before populating it with content.

X.Y.Z. [Unique notation identifying the standard quantity]

 * __Introduction:__ A brief explanation of the rationale for the quantity.
 * __Algorithmic Description:__ An algorithm unambiguously describing how to measure the quantity. Make sure the description is so clear that anyone following it will get the same result.
 * __Links to Software:__ Add links to any publicly available software. This will be a great way to get others to use it.
 * __Strengths:__ Make these brief bullet-like points.
 * __Weaknesses:__ Make these brief bullet-like points.
 * __Discussion:__ Expand upon the strengths and weaknesses here, and sign your comments in parentheses. (Your Name Here)

If you would like to see a new wiki page added to accommodate a new class of cluster quantities, please contact Mark Voit or Andrey Kravtsov, so that we can make sure the new page is consistent with the wiki site's infrastructure. We will then add the empty page, and you can edit it as you like.

Mathematical expressions in wikispaces
If you would like to include LaTeX expressions in your entry, you can use math tags as described [|here]. They behave like \begin{equation} and \end{equation} in LaTeX. Note that the above method does not work if you want to add inline latex expressions. Here is a workaround (this tip has been shamelessly borrowed from here.) which can be used to get inline equations.
 * 1) Bring the cursor to the place where you want to add an inline equation. Click on File to insert the image: cue_mathinline.gif which already exists in the uploaded files.
 * 2) On the next line type your equation within math tags.
 * 3) When you save, the inline image file will be gone, and you should see your equation displayed correctly.

An example of equation in math tags without inlining. math x=\sqrt{2} math

and now the same thing math x=\sqrt{2} math but inline.

Click on edit on this page to familiarize yourself with how it looks in the editor.

Warning: Composing math on Wikispaces is cumbersome. If you have a lot of math to type, you will want to compose it first in a LaTeX text editor, then copy and paste it into Wikispaces, then add the necessary cue_mathinline.gif widgets (which cannot be added with cut and paste).

Common pitfalls: Make sure you have nothing else after the inline gif file, e.g. a stray comma or period. Otherwise the method will not work.

How it works: The widget code is a javascript which loads a CSS file. The CSS file replaces the image cue_mathinline.gif and the following linebreak character after this image with nothing!