Scheduling Block definitions

OUTCOME:

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The SB definition will continue to evolve over the first few years of construction, significantly and quickly in the earlier period.

What is needed at this point is sufficient elaboration in order to support System CDR de-risking activities, especially in these main areas:

1. Prototyping of SB execution, at a minimal level (relates to SP-40, --SP-80--)
2. Elaboration of the SB definition also relates to the more detailed M&C data model elaboration that is needed.
3. What are the use cases for Observing Groups and can they be supported in the wider architecvture? (See final comments in --TMCDR-537--).

For (1) a possible approach is sufficient elaboration of the SB that would allow a first OET prototype to be able to use and SB and its associated observing script to configure a receiver band and point the telescope(s) and set them tracking.  This could be extended to other configuration setups later / as needed.

For (2) this could be extended to include elaborating the M&C data model - but that is not part of this ticket. Implementing something for (1) simply allows (3) to go ahead.

Item (3) requires a wider analysis, and science input.

Lastly, in support of (1)-(2) some thought should be given to the data exchange and local persistence format of SBs and PBs.   Is this JSON?     The long term persistence (in the ODA) is a separate concern.

OLD TEXT

This task would be in support of ----SP-41---, SP-50  and SP-51. It will expand the current definition of a Scheduling Block in the Project Data Model to provide a simple but realistic version 1 that may be used in the evolutionary control prototype for section -----SP-41----, and to provide inputs to the planning tools in SP-50 and SP-51 and enable the creation of Processing Blocks that may be used for the sub-task of SP-51 that utilises the SDP planning interface. In order to do this an initial definition of PBs will also be developed. 

SoW Chapter 3.16