1. Introduction to Tracker
Leveraging the Collaborative Periphery
Research
Development
Engineering
Consulting
Introduction to Tracker
An Animal Information System Framework
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2. Tracker
Is an extensible Rich Client Platform for managing livestock information
Tracker Aka – 'An Animal Information Browser'

3. Tracker Users Livestock Producers Infrastructure Providers
Process Auditors

4. Tracker Uses Maintain production efficiencies Improve product quality
Document process controls

5. Tracker Application Scope
Intra-premises management of animal information
Inter-premises information inter- exchange

6. Tracker Business Requirements
Minimize user startup investment
Acquisition
Administration
Training
Enable community collaboration
Standards based infrastructure
Open data and open source (GPL3)
Extensible functionality

7. 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

8. 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

9. Product Line Tracker Internet Services
Backup Services for Tracker Desktops
Report Repository
Information Inter-exchange hub
Internet Hosting Services for Tracker PDAs

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Alpha Milestone 3 Integrated OLAP (Business Intelligence)
EMF Ecore ODA support
BIRT Designer
Example BIRT reports
BIRT Runtime Engine
User Interface Enhancements

14. Beta Releases Open Source Development community Source Repository
Issues Tracking
Application support
Application Download
Plugin Update