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| <td colspan="2" align="left" bgcolor="#0080c0" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial,Helvetica">Getting Started...</font></b></td> |
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| The following links are useful for understanding and getting started with DTP:<br/><br/> |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Getting_Started_with_DTP" target="_blank">Getting Started Guide</a><br/> |
| <a href="http://www.eclipsezone.com/articles/graham-dtp/?source=archives" target="_blank">Overview Article on EclipseZone</a><br/> |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Specialized_Database_Support" target="_blank">Specialized Database Support for DTP</a><br/> |
| <a href="presentations/106. How to Improve Database Connectivity With the Data Tools Platform.pdf" target="_blank">EclipseWorld 2006 Presentation: <i>How to Improve Database Connectivity</i></a><br/> |
| <a href="presentations/Data Tools for Rich Clients.pdf" target="_blank">EclipseCon 2006 Presentation: <i>Data Tools for Rich Clients</i></a><br/> |
| <a href="downloads.html">Download DTP</a><br/><br/> |
| <a href="community.html">Who</a> is using DTP?<br/> |
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| <p>“Data Tools” is a vast domain, yet there are a fairly small number of foundational requirements when |
| developing with or managing data-centric systems. A developer is interested in an environment that is easy to configure, |
| one in which the challenges of application development are due to the problem domain, not the complexity of the tools employed. Data management, whether by a |
| developer working on an application, or an administrator maintaining or monitoring a production system, should also provide |
| a consistent, highly usable environment that works well with associated technologies.</P> |
| <p>Such an environment starts with key frameworks designed both for use and extensibility. Examples include location and management of |
| data source drivers, and configurations for access to particular data source instances. Once a connection is successfully made, |
| the next task often is to explore the data source, making changes as required. Some of these operations might be carried out by GUI |
| actions, others directly through commands. For example, users – both developers and administrators – typically will create, |
| edit, and test SQL for these commands. Assistance in editing SQL through code completion, formatting, and dialect specialization, |
| greatly enhances productivity. Further, the ability to execute or debug commands, both SQL and stored procedures, rounds out the |
| rapid development process that Eclipse supports so well. Finally, bridging chasms, whether between relational, object, or other |
| structures, presents challenges that data management tooling should address.</p> |
| <p>The Data Tools Platform project is an open source project of eclipse.org, overseen by a |
| <a href="team-leaders.html" target="main">Project Management Committee (PMC) and project leaders.</a></p> |
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| <td align="left" bgcolor="#0080c0" valign="top"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font color="#ffffff">What's New</font></font></b></td> |
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| <p><img src="../images/Adarrow.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"> |
| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>October 6: </b>DTP 1.0 Milestone 2 (M2) build Posted</a> |
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| <p><img src="../images/Adarrow.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"> |
| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>September 29: </b>DTP 0.9.1 Released (synchronized with Callisto)</a> |
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| <a href="development.html" target="main"><b>September 12: </b>DTP 1.0 Project Plan Posted</a> |
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| <p><img src="../images/Adarrow.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"> |
| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>September 8: </b>DTP 1.0 Milestone 1 (M1) build Posted</a> |
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| <a href="development.html" target="main"><b>August 29: </b>DTP 1.0 Calendar Posted</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>August 25: </b>DTP 0.9.1 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) build Posted</a> |
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| <p><img src="../images/Adarrow.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"> |
| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>August 11: </b>DTP 0.9.1 Milestone 1 (M1) build Posted</a> |
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| <a href="development.html" target="main"><b>August 2: </b>DTP 0.9.1 Calendar Posted</a> |
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| <a href="project_enablement/index.html" target="main"><b>July 12: </b>Enablement project passes Creation Review</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>June 30: </b>DTP 0.9 Released (synchronized with Callisto)</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>June 19: </b>DTP 0.9RC5 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <p><img src="../images/Adarrow.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0"> |
| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>May 29: </b>DTP 0.9RC4 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>May 17: </b>DTP 0.9RC3 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>May 3: </b>DTP 0.9RC2 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>April 19: </b>DTP 0.9RC1 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>April 7: </b>DTP 0.9M6 Callisto Build Available</a> |
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| <a href="downloads.html" target="main"><b>April 7: </b>DTP 0.7 Release Available</a> |
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| <p>The Data Tools Platform (DTP) project will include extensible frameworks and exemplary tools, enabling a diverse set of plug-in |
| offerings specific to particular data-centric technologies and supported by the DTP ecosystem. |
| In the spirit of Eclipse, will be guided by the following values:</p> |
| <ul><li><p><i>Vendor neutrality: </i>We intend to provide data management frameworks |
| and tools not biased toward any vendor. Our intention is that DTP be leveraged to provide the Eclipse community with the widest |
| range of choices possible. To this end, we seek community involvement in formulating key framework interfaces, so that the |
| largest possible constituency is represented.</p></ul> |
| <ul><li><p><i>Extensibility:</i>We recognize both the common need for data tooling infrastructure |
| and the desire to extend the offerings in new and innovative ways. To support these efforts, our components will be designed |
| for, and make good use of, extensibility mechanisms supported by Eclipse.</p></ul> |
| <ul><li><p><i>Community Involvement: </i>Success for DTP, as with other eclipse.org projects, is as much a factor of community involvement as the |
| technical merit of its components. We strongly believe that DTP will achieve its full potential only as the result of deep and |
| broad cooperation with the Eclipse membership-at-large. Thus, we will make every effort to accommodate collaboration, reach |
| acceptable compromises, and provide a project management infrastructure that includes all contributors, regardless of |
| their affiliation, location, interests, or level of involvement. Regular meetings covering all aspects of DTP, open communication |
| channels, and equal access to process will be key areas in driving successful community involvement.</p></ul> |
| <ul><li><p><i>Transparency:</i>As with all projects under the eclipse.org banner, key information and discussions at every level – such as |
| requirements, design, implementation, and testing – will be easily accessible to the Eclipse membership-at-large.</p></ul> |
| <ul><li><p><i>Agile development </i>We will strive to incorporate into our planning process innovations that arise once a project is underway, and |
| the feedback from our user community on our achievements to date. We think an agile planning and development process, in which |
| progress is incremental, near-term deliverables are focused, and long-term planning is flexible, |
| will be the best way to achieve this.</p></ul> |
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