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Project Conversion

When importing a project from disk it is scanned to see if it is a project created with the current version of the ALMA Project Data Model (APDM). This is a protocol that describes every piece of information contained within an ALMA project and is usually different for different versions of the OT. If the imported project was created using a different version of the APDM compared to that used by the OT that is trying to read it, an attempt will be made to convert it to the current version. If the upgrade is successful, the project will import successfully and future saves will also conform to the new model. However, the imported project is unlikely to successfully validate, usually because the new model requires information that was not present in the previous.



The ALMA OT Team, 2018 Sep 25