[fitsbits] Saada: a database generator for FITS files

[Laurent MICHEL]

Saada 1.0 is available at  http://amwdb.u-strasbg.fr/saada

Saada is a tool allowing astronomers to put FITS data online with a very
low development cost.
Saada creates automatically databases with high-level functionalities.
The database creation process is achieved by an automatic analysis of
input data files and by applying rules given by the operator. There is
no code to write.
Databases created by Saada can host heterogeneous data (source lists,
images, ....) with various formats.
Data are arranged following scientific considerations stated by the
operator.
They can be linked each other with persistent relationships modelling
scientific results.

A powerful query language allows to achieve very fine data selections.
The graphical user interface permits both complex query edition and data
or meta-data browsing.
A native interface with the Aladin client, developed by the CDS, gives
to these databases an interoperability capacity with a lot of remote
data centers.

Saada is developed at the Observatoire Astronomique of Strasbourg by H.
Nguyen Ngoc. This PhD work is funded by the CNES and by the Region
Alsace. It is supervised by L. Michel and by C. Motch

Contact: saada at amwdb.u-strasbg.fr
Mailing list: http://amwdb.u-strasbg.fr/saada/registration.html

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