From: sss@world.std.com (Sergiu S Simmel) Message-ID: <CD4MyB.Hsn@world.std.com> Organization: Penobscot Development Corporation, Cambridge MA Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1993 07:18:11 GMT An 8-page paper providing an overview of what Kala is and what Kala is for is now available, in PostScript format, in the Kala Archive. The file is accessible, via anonymous FTP, at the following location: anonymous@world.std.com:/pub/kala/TechDocs/Overview.ps The outline is the following 1 What is Kala For? 2 Software Infrastructure Persistent Data and Persistent Stores 3 Data Transfer 4 Data Visibility Changing Visibility Sharing Visibility Transactions Versions 5 Runtime and Architectural Models 6 Relationship to Other Technologies This paper is targeted towards those who don't know anything about Kala and would like to find out a bit in 10 pages or less. Enjoy! P.S. For those of you who do not have FTP access and would like to obtain this file, please send a brief e-mail message to info@Kala.com, requesting that the file be e-mailed to you. Beware that the file is approximately 425Kbytes long (the paper contains 13 illustrations!). >46 BeBOP(seq,par,LP,OO,meta)Go Back Up