This documentation is intended to provide a general introduction to doing
analysis with the BaBar Computing Model 2 (usually refered to as CM2). The
general goals of CM2 will be outlined and then practical information is
provided in dedicated sections with the aim of allowing users to
begin using CM2 for analysis as soon as possible.
Primary users of this documentation
The primary users targeted by this documentation are those who have been
doing analysis with the BaBar software as part of the original computing
model who need to transition their analysis to CM2. In practice, however,
much of the documentation included can easily serve as an introduction for
completely new users to specific computing aspects of setting up their analysis.
Don't Panic
If you work through the documentation included here, you should have all of
the ingredients you need to bring your analysis forward from CM1 to CM2.
Of course, nothing is perfect, so there may be things that are not clear
enough. This documentation is intended to be the central location
for answers to your questions, so please look at the last section to see
where to ask questions. Your feedback will be used to help improve this
document.
