Introduction to Tracker Leveraging the Collaborative Periphery Research Development Engineering Consulting Introduction to Tracker An Animal Information System Framework email: jconlon@verticon.com verticon.com
Tracker Is an extensible Rich Client Platform for managing livestock information Tracker Aka – 'An Animal Information Browser'
Tracker Users Livestock Producers Infrastructure Providers Process Auditors
Tracker Uses Maintain production efficiencies Improve product quality Document process controls
Tracker Application Scope Intra-premises management of animal information Inter-premises information inter- exchange
Tracker Business Requirements Minimize user startup investment Acquisition Administration Training Enable community collaboration Standards based infrastructure Open data and open source (GPL3) Extensible functionality
Tracker Technical Requirements Cross Operating System support Java-based service platform Branded Eclipse Product Document based data model Ecore Meta-meta-model NAIS semantic meta-model XMI OLTP and OLAP runtime
Product Line Tracker Desktop Integration Suite Eclipse RCP + Tracker Document Editors + Transaction Infrastructure + BIRT Tracker PDA Eclipse eRCP and Simplified UI Client to DIS or Tracker Internet Service
Product Line Tracker Internet Services Backup Services for Tracker Desktops Report Repository Information Inter-exchange hub Internet Hosting Services for Tracker PDAs
Desktop Integration Service Product Role Out Three Alpha Milestone releases Milestone1 - Sept 07 Vernon County Fair Pilot Test Milestone2 – Dec 08 Vernon and Crawford County Fair Pilot Tests Milestone3 - July 08 Beta releases
Alpha Milestone 1 Core NAIS Premises data model Integrated 'County Fair' events Model Editors and Viewers Off-line OLTP Data Export Utilities for Excel & WLIC
Alpha Milestone 2 Data model enhancements Horse and goat species Extensible Premises Fair model example Document validation preferences Editor/Viewer enhancements Visualization, navigation, and sorting I/O control
Alpha Milestone 3 Integrated OLAP (Business Intelligence) EMF Ecore ODA support BIRT Designer Example BIRT reports BIRT Runtime Engine User Interface Enhancements
Beta Releases Open Source Development community Source Repository Issues Tracking Application support Application Download Plugin Update