For Developers

The SESAR system design and implementation details are described below.

Interoperability between SESAR and External Systems

Click here to download a diagram depicting users and other earth science systems interacting with SESAR to register samples as well as to query metadata.

SESAR System Architecture

Illustrated at right:

• Servers: SUN/SOLARIS
• Database: ORACLE 9i/10g
• Application Server:
  • WebLogic 8.1
  • J2EE Applications
  • Web Services
• Web/Proxy Server: Apache 1.x/2.x
• User Interface: Strut/MVC framework using JSP/Java

Database Schema

• Supports any number of metadata fields for each sample type w/o schema modification.
• Flexibility to expand the system to support new sample types or other objects w/o schema or interface modification.
• Supports hierarchical thesauri and shape files.
• Stores sample relations and archive information. Supports user registration.