Further removal of code duplication.
Cosmetic changes in `OfflineValidationParallel` and `OfflineValidationDQM`.
 -> No change of functionality.
Bug correction and removal of hltPhysicsDeclared trigger selection for cosmics.
Added shorthand mechanism for `condition <rcd_name>` options in
[alignment:...] sections.
Added `zeroAPE` as a shorthand for the `TrackerAlignmentErrorRcd`.
Updated documentation of the class.
Made cosmetic changes in the code.
Prepared `jobmode:crab` for `MonteCarloValidation`.
Prepare `TrackSplittingValidation` for 'jobmode:crab' and removal of code
duplication.
Removed remnants of old configuration style.
Added some documentation to `helperFunctions.py`.
Further removal of old configuration remnants.
Replaced `superPointingDataset` and `relvalsample` with `dataset`
 -> Removed code duplication.
Added code to facilitate duplicate option in the '.ini' file.
This functionality is not enabled yet because further error messages are
needed for possible misconfiguration in the '.ini' file.
Disabled intermediate syntax in the `[validation]` section for running the
same validation on different alignments.
 -> Intermediate syntax raises exception and points to right syntax
Added check of input parameters in the validations using data.
 -> Need to add it also for `GeometryComparison`
Added input check for `GeometryComparison`.
several updates: now using vertex clustering, added plots and biased residuals
introducing dependency on IPTools needed by Primary vertex validation
new version of submission script
Redoing commit by Marco Musich (Thu Mar 14 13:39:30 2013 UTC),
which got lost in the transition to git.