Community Codes
•Free and shared resource
•Ongoing distributed development by bothresearch and operational communities
–Maintained under version control
•Periodic releases made available to thecommunity
–Includes latest developments of new capabilitiesand techniques
•Centralized support
–Provided in collaboration with developers
Software Management
•Code Maintenance
–Run regression test suite following updates to repositorytrunk
–Update regression test suite as necessary to keep currentwith software capabilities
–Extensive testing of software components prior to release
–Investigate bugs revealed by our testing or user inquires
•Fixes proposed and checked into code repository to guaranteeavailable in the next release
•Code Evolution
–Support the addition of new capabilities and techniquesfrom the community
•DTC visitor program
Underlying principle – safe guard operational capability whileallowing on-going development by distributed developers
User’s Website
•System component descriptions
•Documentation
–User’s Guide
–Presentations
•Registration
•Software downloads
•Bug fix reports
•User support information
–Email helpdesk
•Tutorial information
Tutorials
•Online Tutorial
–Step-by-step instructions on downloading,compiling and running system
•Resident User’s Tutorial
–Lectures given by system experts
–Hands-on practical sessions w/ one-on-oneassistance