FOR ATTENTION MR SAVELA - RE: Internet Pilot? availability of ODA software? (PODA2?)
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Subject: FOR ATTENTION MR SAVELA - RE: Internet Pilot? availability of ODA software? (PODA2?)
------------------------------ Start of body part 1 PODA-2 implemented an ODA tool kit. This comprised a base level component called ODASM (ODA Storage Manager). This enables ODA structures to be created and manipulated. The next is ODIFSM (ODIF Stream Manager). This will take an ODA document encoded in ODIF and converts it to a form suitable for use by ODASM. It also does the inverse, ie ODA to ODIF. These two >>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ Start of body part 2 components are supported by some diagnostics, DOCPRINT, DTREE and ODIF PRINT. These are a browser for ODA docs, printer of a tree representation of logical and layout structures and symbolic printer of ODIF respectively. Next is ODAPS this takes and ODA doc in ODASM format and converts the formatted form to PostScript. Finally there's the Formatter. This performs the ODA layout process as specified by the standard taking into account the generic layout, the specific logical and all the styles, ie the whole works. All these tools handle full 1989 ODA ie text, geometric and raster graphics. All these components are availble with the exception of the Formatter from ICL (ie me). The Formatter is available from Bull. The contact being Joseph N'Vekounou. The licence fees are subject to negotiation. If you want to do research it's much less expensive than if you want to use them to make products. HOWEVER, a new set of ODA tools is being constructed by the ODA Consortium (of which ICL is a member). These tools, or more strictly APIs and Tools, take into account the experience gained from the PODA-2 set, are much better and will be available early next year. For details and licence charges of the ODAC APIs and tools contact G.B.Bird@bra0112.wins.icl.co.uk. Hope that helps Regards PJR ------------------------------ End of body part 2
- Internet Pilot? availability of ODA software? (PO… Markku Savela
- FOR ATTENTION MR SAVELA - RE: Internet Pilot? ava… P.J.Robinson