CoSy development documents

This is just a quick index to documents that are being referenced in the discussion going on in the cosy_dev/tcosy conference/topic at NLZero (see NLZero's web site for more info about NLZ).


Schema diagram - schema diagram

API.html - Storage layer API (updated Sep 2002)

CSTP.html - CoSy Transfer Protocol - updated for 0.2

The CoSy Transfer Protocol uses XML to encapsulate the data transferred. The DTDs for the different items are described here (incomplete).

CoSyNET2.txt - Robert (imagineer) Neuschul's document

cosy-models.html - early diagrams

bytestore.html - old BYTE Magazine article


Sample code

News: Protocol changed slightly so version number is bumped up to 0.2. Nearly all user-level requests are now implemented.

A prototype (incomplete, but what is there works) of the CSTP protocol server, using the storage layer API, is in progress. The gzip'ed tar file (source) is:

    cstpd-0_2_1.tgz    63270 bytes,   Sep 12 11:30  newest

    cstpd-0_1_1.tgz    26301 bytes,   Aug 30 21:43  

    cstpd-0_1.tgz    25366 bytes,   Aug 28 12:39


last updated 12 September 2002