COOL

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COOL is an API for reading and writing conditions data. The aim of the project is the implementation of a common persistency solution for the storage and management of the conditions data of the LHC experiments at CERN. Conditions data, such as calibration, alignment or slow control data, are non-event experiment data describing the state of the detector at the time of data taking, and are characterized by the fact that they vary in time and may have different versions.

The LCG project draws on previous activities that have led to the definition of generic C++ APIs for conditions data access and their implementation using different storage technologies, such as Objectivity, MySQL or Oracle. The project is assigned the task to deliver a production release of the software including implementation libraries for several technologies and high-level tools for data management.

You can find more information about COOL at the following links:

• Official Project Homepage: http://lcgapp.cern.ch/project/CondDB

• COOL on Savannah: http://savannah.cern.ch/projects/cool

• Doxygen documentation (HEAD): http://lcgapp.cern.ch/doxygen/COOL/COOL_snapshot/doxygen/html

• Doxygen documentation (all revisions): http://lcgapp.cern.ch/doxygen

• CVS Repository: http://cool.cvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cool.cgi/cool

• Python bindings: PyCool

• FAQ: LCGCoolFaq

• API changes 1.2.8 -> 1.3.0: OLDCool130ApiChanges

-- SvenASchmidt - 14 Sep 2005