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Project Overview

PHOTONIC (Photon Science Harmonised Online Tools for Open, Navigable, Interactive Computing) is an ErUM-Data research initiative that introduces a new approach to accessing photon science data: real-time, online and standardised.

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Development

Direct Data Access API
Client and Server libraries
Transcoding Modules
Web Service
Integration of existing Data Visualisation Tools

Transcoding

PHOTONIC uses a directed acyclic graph (DAG) as a communication tool to identify transcoding use cases.
The DAG indicates what data/metadata each usecase (beamline) produces, what MIME type identifies them, and which Tiled adapter can read them. The graph is built with beamline scientists and constantly updated.

Publications

Ghargi, S., Paripsa, S., Wetzel, T., Burke, D., Pithan, L., Millar, P., Servan, S., Rothkirch, A., Fuhrmann, P., Murphy, B., Michelat, T., Seth, A., Gutt, C., Hayen, N., Smith, W., & Allan, D. (2026). Reusable Data: The PHOTONIC project. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19566559
Allan, D., Burke, D., Fuhrmann, P., Ghargi, S., Gutt, C., Hayen, N., Michelat, T., Millar, P., Murphy, B. M., Paripsa, S., Pithan, L., Rothkirch, A., Servan, S., Seth, A., Smith, W., van der Reest, P., & Wetzel, T. (2026). Introducing the PHOTONIC project: mainstreaming smart data access for photon sources users. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20558839 Primary reference

Team

The PHOTONIC project is a collaboration between several institutes:

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Universität Siegen
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

We are pleased to include the European XFEL and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie as associated partners.

Timeline

PHOTONIC started 1st November, 2025.

Full timeline will be added soon.

Contact

For questions or requests, please reach out to:
Email: info@photonic-project.org