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| 3 | Introduction |
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| 4 | ============ |
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| 6 | :Last Updated: $Date: 2011-07-16 13:26:31 +0000 (Sat, 16 Jul 2011) $ |
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| 7 | :Id: $Id: introduction.txt 272 2011-07-16 13:26:31Z djay $ |
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| 8 | :Author: $Author: djay $ |
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| 9 | :HeadURL: $HeadURL: trunk/docs/kernel/introduction.txt $ |
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| 11 | ZOO Kernel is the heart of the ZOO. It is a powerful server-side C Kernel which makes |
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| 12 | it possible to manage and chain Web services, by loading dynamic libraries and handling |
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| 13 | them as on-demand Web services. The ZOO Kernel is written in the C language, but supports |
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| 14 | several common programming languages in order to connect to numerous libraries and models. |
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| 16 | Using ZOO Kernel as a Web Processing Platform |
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| 17 | --------------------------------------------- |
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| 19 | ZOO Kernel works with Apache and can communicate with cartographic engines and Web mapping |
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| 20 | clients. It simply adds the WPS support to your spatial data infrastructure and your |
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| 21 | Web mapping application! |
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| 23 | .. note:: |
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| 24 | If you'd like some background on the WPS standard, head to: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wps |
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| 26 | Supported Languages |
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| 27 | ------------------- |
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| 29 | ZOO Kernel supports the following programming languages, and let's you use them to create |
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| 30 | new ZOO Services from new or existing code: |
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| 32 | ============ =================== ========================= ============ |
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| 33 | **Language** **ServiceProvider** **DataStructure** **Return** |
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| 34 | ------------ ------------------- ------------------------- ------------ |
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| 35 | C / C++ Shared Library maps* M integer |
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| 36 | Fortran Shared Library CHARACTER*(1024) M(10,30) integer |
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| 37 | Java Class File `HashMap`_ integer |
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| 38 | Python Module File `dictionary`_ integer |
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| 39 | PHP Script File `Array`_ integer |
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| 40 | Perl Script File integer |
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| 41 | JavaScript Script file `Object`_ or Array Array/Object |
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| 42 | ============ =================== ========================= ============ |
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| 44 | .. _`HashMap`: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html |
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| 45 | .. _`dictionary`: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries |
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| 46 | .. _`Array`: http://php.net/manual/language.types.array.php |
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| 47 | .. _`Object`: http://www.json.org/ |
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| 49 | ZOO Kernel is a WPS Espresso Machine |
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| 50 | ------------------------------------ |
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| 52 | .. image:: ../_static/images/zoo_kernel_scheme.png |
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