简介:WehavedevelopedadataobjectdescriptiontoolsuiteandserviceforAthenaconsistingof:alanguagegrammarbaseduponanextendedpropersubsetofIDL2.0,acompilerfrontendbaseduponthislanguagegrammar,JavaCC,andaJavaReflectionAPI-likeinterface,andseveralcompilerbackendswhichmeetspecificneedsinATLASsuchasautomaticgenerationofobjectconvertersanddataobjectscriptinginterfaces.WepresentheredetailsofourworkandexperiencetodateontheAthenaDefinitionLanguageandAthenaDataDictionary.
简介:AthenaisthecommonframeworkusedbytheATLASexperimentforsimulation,reconstruction,andanalysis,Bydesign,Athenasupportsmultiplepersistenceservices,andinsulatesusersfromtechnology-specificpersistencedetails.AthenausersandevenmostAthenapackagedevelopersshouldneitherknownorcarewhetherdatacomefromthegridorfromlocalfilesystems.norwhetherdataresideinobjectdatabases,inROOTorZEBRAfiles,orinASCIIfiles.InthispaperwedescribehowAthenaapplicationsmaytransparentlytakeadvantageofemergingservicesprovidedbygridsoftwaretoday-howdatageneratedbyAtheajobsareregisteredingridreplicacatalogsandothercollectionmanagementservices,andthemeansbywhichinputdataareidentifiedandlocatedinagrid-awarecollectionmanagementenvironment.Weoutlineanevolutionarypathtowardincorporationofgrid-basedvirtualdataservices,wherebylocatingdatamaybereplacedbylocatingarecipeaccordingtowhichthatdtamaybegenerated.Severalimplementationscenarios,rangingfromlowlevelgridcatalogservices(e.g.,fromGlobus)throughhigher-levelservicessuchastheGridDataManagementPilot(underdevelopmentaspartoftheEuropeanDataGridporject,incollaboration,withtheParticlePhysicsDataGrid)tomoreconventionaldatabaseservices,andacommonarchitecturetosupportthesevariousscenarios,arealsodescribed.