Project EDDY - 0.5.0 Release

Munster Release (0.5.0 - 4/1/06)
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Release Version 0.5 (Munster)

Goals

The following are goals and objectives that we are focusing on to expose and promote the EDDY methods and technology,

Expose the EDDY agent framework to developers so that they my begin to learn and experiment with the concepts.
Provide templates so that developers can build normalers to inject and extract their own events into the backplane.
Enable a feedback mechanism to the EDDY team for developers to request new features and agents.
Experiment with the event channel and build requirements for the query channel of the backplane.
Find bugs and catalog caveats discovered by adopters.

Components

The following is a high level view of the major components of the release.

A event transport and dissemination framework for,
- Developing and running backplane agents
- Creating new CER's
Agents to begin to use the backplane and act as a template for creating new types
- Normalzers
- Transformation
- Application

Documentation (start here)

The EDDY Development and Deployment Guide is a comprehensive document that provides an,

Introduction to concepts and methods
Explanation of the EDDY agent framework
Guide to setting up the development environment
Primer for developing EDDY agents.

To visually the concepts of EDDY components a Visual Glossary presentation is provided.

We recommend that the developer starts with the Development and Deployment Guide rather then just acquiring the source code directly as it will explain concepts and methods that will insure a properly configured development environment.

Software

This software distribution is available via anonymous CVS. Details for acquisition are as follows,

Please note that the EDDY Development and Deployment Guide provides a detailed description of acquiring the software into the Eclipse Java software development environment.

Bugs, Caveats and Feature Requests

In the process of using this release, if there are any bugs, caveats, or feature requests, please address the notification or request to eddy-bugs@lists.andrew.cmu.edu.

Copyright

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. The name "Carnegie Mellon University" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For permission or any legal details, please contact:

Center for Technology Transfer
Carnegie Mellon University
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
(412) 268-7393, fax: (412) 268-7395

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