Changeset 207

Timestamp:

May 4, 2011, 8:37:18 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

jmckenna

Message:

minor formatting

File:

• trunk/docs/kernel/introduction.txt (modified) (3 diffs)

trunk/docs/kernel/introduction.txt

@@ -4 +4 @@
 ============
 
-ZOO Kernel is a the heart of the ZOO. It is a powerful server-side C Kernel which makes 
+ZOO Kernel is the heart of the ZOO. It is a powerful server-side C Kernel which makes 
 it possible to manage and chain Web services, by loading dynamic libraries and handling 
-them as on-demand Web services. The ZOO Kernel is written in C language, but supports 
+them as on-demand Web services. The ZOO Kernel is written in the C language, but supports 
 several common programming languages in order to connect to numerous libraries and models.
 
@@ -14 +14 @@
 ZOO Kernel works with Apache and can communicate with cartographic engines and Web mapping 
 clients. It simply adds the WPS support to your spatial data infrastructure and your 
-Web mapping application !
+Web mapping application!
+
+.. note::
+   If you'd like some background on the WPS standard, head to: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wps
 
 Supported Languages
 -------------------
 
-ZOO Kernel supports the following programming languages, and let you use them to create 
-new ZOO Services from new or existing code :
+ZOO Kernel supports the following programming languages, and let's you use them to create 
+new ZOO Services from new or existing code:
 
 ============ =================== ========================= ============
@@ -27 +30 @@
 C / C++      Shared Library      maps* M                   integer
 Fortran      Shared Library      CHARACTER*(1024) M(10,30) integer
-Java         Class File          HashMap                   integer
-Python       Module File         dictionary                integer
-PHP          Script File         Array                     integer
+Java         Class File          `HashMap`_                integer
+Python       Module File         `dictionary`_             integer
+PHP          Script File         `Array`_                  integer
 Perl         Script File                                   integer
-JavaScript   Script file         Object or Array           Array/Object 
+JavaScript   Script file         `Object`_ or Array        Array/Object 
 ============ =================== ========================= ============
+
+.. _`HashMap`: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html
+.. _`dictionary`: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries
+.. _`Array`: http://php.net/manual/language.types.array.php
+.. _`Object`: http://www.json.org/
 
 ZOO Kernel is a WPS Espresso Machine