Release Notes for GNOWSYS version 0.6-r1

   1.


      Following modules are renamed :

      Changes in meta types are done so that old version and new version could work simultaneously in ZOPE. The changes are as follows:

      New modules MetaType

   2. What's New in GNOWSYS-0.6-r1

         1. Hashing: Is implemented by incorporating B-Trees. This speeds up the retrieval process. B-Trees have been incorporated because the holding capacity of this is much more than a normal folder

         2. Templates: This is implemented using Zope Page Templates (ZPT)
            Templates are made for :
               1. Object
               2. Object Type
               3. Relation
               4. Relation type
               5. MetaType
               6. MetaType Relation
               7. Attribute Type

         3. Optimized Storage: When an instance of entity was made,in the absence of ZPT 3 objects were being made:-index_html , standard_html_header , standard_html_footer . Now,incorporating ZPT only one object is being made for each instance of an entity.

   3. In future we will have:
          * Encapsulation: This will enable the objects in the database encapsualte the selected functions/classes from the entire Python warehouse.
          * 3D-GUI support for GNOWSYS using Blender. We are using Blender as a client using XML-RPC to get the data from the GNOWSYS server and display the graphical representation of Gnowledge.
          * GnowFS (file system support for both MetaData and Data, so as to decrease the load on ZODB) After this ZODB will be used for Cataloguing, and we will of course continue to use Zserver for web interface and other useful offerings from ZOPE.
          * and improving all the above and continuing to fix bugs. 



Examples illustrating the use of GNOWSYS will be made and linked from the demo website. At this site we will publish various possible uses of GNOWSYS.

Happy gnowing!
GNOWSYS TEAM
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education

