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Basic
Object Oriented Programming (BOOT) CAMP
The
IRIS DMS is developing new data services that leverage distributed
computing technologies. Several previous articles in the IRIS DMS
Electronic Newsletter have highlighted different aspects of this
new Data Handling Interface (DHI) technology.
We
are fully aware that members of the seismological community are
using newer object-oriented approaches in their work as well. IRIS,
under the FISSURES initiative, is offering one way to coordinate
these object-oriented developments by defining a standard set of
object classes relevant to seismology.
The
IRIS DHI currently has three distinct types of services established
at the IRIS DMC. These provide ways for distributed clients to receive
information about
- seismic
events (Event Service),
- seismic
recording channels (Network Service), and
- seismograms
(Waveform Service)
by
interacting through the DHI model. As indicated in the top article
listed above, the DMS is supporting the development of 6 different
client-side applications that comply with the FISSURES/DHI model.
We wish to encourage others that already develop in the object-oriented
environment to learn how to work within the FISSURES model.
For
this reason, the IRIS DMS wishes to survey our community to see
if there is significant interest in participating in a workshop
hosted by IRIS. If you currently program in an object oriented language
( e.g. Java, C++) and are interested in attending a 5 day workshop
hosted by IRIS sometime in the late spring, please fill
out this simple form (no longer available). (Deadline for expressing interest is
January 15, 2002)
If
enough interest is expressed we will contact you directly early
next year with registration information. Remember, the BOOT Camp
is not intended to teach you object-oriented programming but
rather the fundamentals of the FISSURES/DHI data model.
Submitted
by Tim Ahern
For more information or comments contact
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