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| Paper: |
SITools2: A Framework for Archival Systems |
| Volume: |
461, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI |
| Page: |
821 |
| Authors: |
Malapert, J.-C.; Marseille, M. |
| Abstract: |
CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) as well as scientific
communities are expected to provide data access to their experiments. This led
developers to redevelop some common functionalities contained in each archive
facility instead of reusing existing applications. SITools2, a web application
under GPLv3 license, has been designed in a community mind. It offers common
services through an easy-to-use open source web platform. Furthermore, SITools2
is highly tunable. It allows connecting at different data sources and to expose
their contents in different ways: a REST API and/or graphical user interfaces
based on AJAX. With its open architecture, SITools2 is also a framework that
permits developers to extend the server API, simply integrating their own
applications as plug-ins. Thus developers can act at each step of the data
research, request and retrieval, but also create highly-specific services. The
SITools2 client is also extensible by adding modules and advanced graphical
components. Some instantiations of SITools2 are already being customized in
several data centers such as LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) and IAS
(Institut d'Astrophysique Spatial d'Orsay) to make available their data to the
scientific community. But, as a generic tool to interface data and information
sources, SItools2 intends to take part of larger projects in the scientific
community. |
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