From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,75237e61f1e5f53c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-12 14:43:26 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!das-news2.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!ajpo.sei.cmu.edu!walkerj From: walkerj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (John Walker) Subject: Ada products, etc., to integrate/access image system? Message-ID: <1994Oct12.154740.26289@sei.cmu.edu> Summary: Looking for leads Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: None Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 15:47:40 EDT Date: 1994-10-12T15:47:40-04:00 List-Id: We received a request for leads, and I thought I'd pass it on to you folks. It's from a project seeking information on implementing/upgrading a document (flat paper) electronic image capture and retrieval system using Ada programming language products. The Ada system will have to integrate existing COTS and DoD-owned technology. It is envisioned that Ada would be used to develop any new application necessary to obtain specific government functionality, *and* to create seamless and expedient interoperability bwteeen COTS programming, existed (ported) DoD-owned software, and "new" Ada applications. They're looking for vendor possibilities, people working with similar projects, etc. The images are of personnel record files, etc. The project currently owns imaging technology to scan, index, QA, and store digitized images on 5-1/4 worm optical platters, plus host OS and database systems, and tape-backup system. Software products that currently comprise the existing system architecture are listed at the end. They now hold approximately 20,000 lines of GFE SQL programming developed for purposes of current system-specific functionality, and 150,000 lines of existing FORTRAN and C language programs written to a Data General (AOS/VS) platform. The FORTRAN and C programs provide system statistical management information from a large Micrographics system. They desire to reuse or port all existing owned software above, and have it integrated into similar comparable COTS software, along with additional new development to implement new system software architecture. As stated above, Ada will be used for new application development and to provide the integration between COTS products, existing GFE software, and the newly developed applications written in Ada. They do not want or desire new code (in Ada or any other language) to replace either COTS or existing DoD-owned software. However, they *are* interested in learning about what work, if any, is being done in Ada in the imaging field -- regardless of whether it would have any impact on their project in the immediate future. Some questions they have are: 1. Technically, is the electronic capture and retrieval of digitized images possible utilizing Ada? 2. If so, are Ada-based products currently available in the commercial sector to support digitized imaging technology? If so what are they? Please provide documentation resources, vendor names, etc. 3. What impacts would you foresee on their current and/or planned environment? (Described below.) POC: Larry Trace Bureau of Naval Personnel 2 Navy Annex, Room 4703 Washington, DC 20370-5000 703/614-1004, fax: 703/693-6905. Sorry, Mr Trace has no Internet address. For e-mail, send comments to me (walkerj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu); I'll forward them. Notes on the new system: The new system will capture approx 25,000 documents daily, will require support for image compression/decompression utilizing CCITT Group 4 and JPEG algorithms, will require capture of photo documents utilizing 256 shades of greyscale, and will support both hardcopy printing and comfiche output. When fully operational, the new system is to support 1100 networked on-line and multimedia end users. The new system will require the capability to transmit digitized images across a local-area network for on-line (worm) retrieval at user workstations; the new system will use MS-Windows (Multi-tasking) environment. The network is FDDI/Ethernet, Novell Netware OS utilizing TCP/IP, SNA, SNMP, routing protocols. Utilizing the information provided, can you provide any possible costing impacts if the system is programmed in Ada vice some other non-Ada environment? The current system: Host: Informix Informix 5.0 on-line developer, on-line optical I-Star developer, ESQL-C developer, I-SQL developer, 4GL developer, 4GL compiler-runtime, SQL runtime, ESQL/C runtime, Star runtime. Legato Legato Jukebox module, Legato networker. Sun Sun Solaris 2.3, Media/CD-ROM, C-compiler. CptOptLink optical interface kit Computer output to microfilm workstation: IGI EBR controller Optivision JPEG software Improvision scanner drivers User workstation: Microsoft Microsoft C++, Windows developer kit, DOS, MS Windows 3.2 Novell LAN Workplace Optivision JPEG software Pixel Trans pixel translation (Pix-Tool) Plexus Workstation developer kit, Soft AIP development, XDP-production, SoftAIP production Sequi Data Deskew Module - CDG Again, POC: Larry Trace (mailing address above), 703/614-1004, fax: 703/693-6905. For e-mail, send comments to me (walkerj@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu); I'll forward them. Thanks, John Walker AdaIC, 800/232-4211, 703/685-1477, fax 703/685-7019 .GET DISCLAIM.STD