ANN: 42

[Oliver Langer]

Hi all,

with this mail i would like to announce 42 (FT), a framework used to  
manage generic graphs in a database. It is based on a subproject of  
FT, called BDB, which is a small set of wrapper classes for Berkeley DB.

In its current state (just the first snapshot), the implementation is  
quite unstable - so be aware. Anyway, it would be interesting to hear  
if somebody finds it useful or intends to use it.

The project page is to be found at
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/fortytwo/

The README file is given below.

Regards,
  Oliver


About 42 (FT)
=============

The main intention behind FT is to have a system which manages  
generic graphs
on the one hand and which allows to connect elements of such graphs,  
like e. g.
nodes, to heterogenous, external resources.

In its present state FT supports the storage of generic graphs in a
native storage. This includes the creation of nodes, linking of nodes  
via edges
and adding binary data to nodes.

The current state of FT is *far, far away from productive* usage!
Additionally there exists no backup mechanism
(see TODO), so loss of stored graphs is unrecoverable. The current  
API is
not divided into public and non-public API (and may be modified in  
future), but
it's a good way to primarely take the focus on the provided protocols.

FT is based on a  wrapper for Berkeley DB, which is called BDB. BDB  
is also
part of the FT project at sourceforge and can be downloaded from there
(see below). It runs under GNUstep and OS X.
To see how to use FT you may take a look into the preleminary  
introduction which
is given under
  doc/Introduction
In addition you may also take a look into the testcases stored under  
"tests/".

To install FT please refer to INSTALL.


Downloading FT
===============

FT and BDB are available at
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/fortytwo/

The homepage of Berkeley DB Database is to be found at
  http://www.sleepycat.com/


Installation
============

Please refer to the file INSTALL.


Authors of FT
==============

FT was originally developed by Oliver Langer
(oliverlanger *AT* gmx *DOT* de).


Maintainers
===========

The software is currently maintained by Oliver Langer.


License
=======

The software is available under the GNU General Public License.
A corresponding license file is contained in this package
(see LICENSE).