Blacknest BDS Documentation

Introduction

This page indexes usage information on the Blacknest BDS project.

Live Information

There is live information at: https://portal.beam.ltd.uk/support/blacknest/info
There is a Wiki for adding information at: https://portal.beam.ltd.uk/support/blacknest/files/bds/wiki

Documents

Document
Description
BdsReleaseNotes.html Software release notes
BdsBlacknestManual-4.pdf
Blacknest Data System, User Manual
BdsUserManual.pdf Blacknest Data System, System User Manual
BdsSystemAdmin.pdf BDS System administrators manual


BdsServer.pdf The BdsServer daemon's manual
BdsAutodrm.pdf The BDS Autodrm daemon's manual
BdsDataAccess.pdf BDS command line data access client
BdsUserGui.pdf Bds User Gui for user data access
BdsAdminGui.pdf BDS administration GUI program
BdsImport.pdf BDS Data Import programs
BdsImportScream.pdf BDS SCREAM data import daemon
BdsImportCd.pdf BDS CD1.x data import daemon
BdsDataFormats.pdf
BDS Data Formats
BdsUtilities.pdf BDS utility programs
BdsControl.pdf
BDS Admin control program
BdsDataManage.pdf
BDS Data manage utility
BdsNoteAppend.pdf
BDS appends notes with and without document files to the system
BdsMetadata.pdf
BDS Metadata manipulation program
BdsTestSuite.pdf
BDS Test Suite


BdsDataOverview.html Overview of the BDS Data
BdsApiOverview.html Overview of the BDS API


BdsSchema.html BDS Database Schema
BdsMetaData.html BDS Meta Data information
BdsDataFileApi.html BDS Data Storage API
BdsDataFile.html BDS Data File Format
BdsDevInfo.odp
BDS Development Presentation


bdsApi BDS API
bdsApi.pdf BDS API in PDF format
libBeamApi BEAM class library API
libBeamApi.pdf BEAM class library API in PDF format

Prototype System Documentation

Document
Description
bdsPrototypeNotes.pdf Blacknest Data System, Prototype Notes
bdsPrototypeOverview.pdf Blacknest Data System, Prototype Overview

Specification Documents

Document
Description
bds-proposal-2.pdf Proposal for Blacknest data system
bds-specification-3.pdf BDS Specification - Preliminary
bdsApi BDS API - Preliminary
prototype Original Prototype documentation