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<h1>ZOO Project<a class="headerlink" href="#zoo-project" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>WPS Server<a class="headerlink" href="#wps-server" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>ZOO Project provides a developer friendly Web Processing Service (WPS) framework for creating and chaining Web Processing Services.
It supports many programming languages and comes with two demo applications using simple
spatialtools Services Providers (a C shared library and a Python module)
based on the GEOS and OGR Libraries.</p>
<p>ZOO is made of three parts:</p>
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<p><em>ZOO Kernel</em> : A powerful server-side C Kernel which makes it possible to
manage and chain Web services coded in different programming languages.</p>
<p><em>ZOO Services</em> : A growing suite of example Web services based on various
Open Source libraries.</p>
<p><em>ZOO API</em> : A server-side JavaScript API able to call and chain the ZOO
Services, which makes the development and chaining processes easier.</p>
<p>ZOO is based on a ‘WPS Service Kernel’ which constitutes the ZOO’s core
system (aka ZOO Kernel). The latter is able to load dynamic libraries and
to handle them as on-demand Web services. The ZOO Kernel is written in C
language, but supports several common programming languages in order to
connect to numerous libraries and above all to simplify the Web service
end-developer’s job.</p>
<p>A ZOO service is a link composed of a metadata file (.zcfg) and the code
for the corresponding implementation. The metadata file describes all the
available functions which can be called using a WPS Exec Request, as well
as the desired input/output. Services contain the algorithms and
functions, and can now be implemented in C/C++, Fortran, Java, Python, PHP
and JavaScript.</p>
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<li>Multi language WPS server</li>
<li>Simple Web Service creation and depoyment procedure</li>
<li>Simple WPS chaining with ZOO API</li>
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<h3>Implemented Standards<a class="headerlink" href="#implemented-standards" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<li>OGC WPS 1.0.0</li>
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<h3>Demo<a class="headerlink" href="#demo" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://localhost/zoo-demo/spatialtools.html">Demo using simple C Services Provider based GEOS and OGR libraries</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://localhost/zoo-demo/spatialtools-py.html">Demo using simple Python Services Provider based GEOS and OGR libraries</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://localhost/zoo-demo/spatialtools.html">Simple html form to process your request to the ZOO Kernel</a></li>
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<h3>Details<a class="headerlink" href="#details" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p><strong>Website:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="http://zoo-project.org">http://zoo-project.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Licence:</strong> MIT x/11</p>
<p><strong>Software Version:</strong> 1.0</p>
<p><strong>Supported Platforms:</strong> Windows, Linux, Mac</p>
<p><strong>Programing language support:</strong> C, Python, Java, PHP, Fortran, Javascript</p>
<p><strong>Support:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="http://zoo-project.org/trac">http://zoo-project.org/trac</a></p>
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