NOAO Abstracts for SPIE Meeting in March
Network services for observation planning and execution
Authors:
D. Mills
Abstract:
A framework for the construction of network services for Observation
planning and execution is presented. The framework is implemented
using portable (unix,mac,windows) public domain software
packages, and its' components present a simple, self-descriptive
application programming interface. Typical components (e.g. GSC search,
DSS image retrieval, Target list manager, Object Oracle, Catalogs)
are functionally independent units which can provide services to
local/remote clients either via direct connections, or via a WWW
gateway.
A remote user or software-agent can query a component in order to
discover
the command set supported.
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Posted: 03Mar1998