Basic Concepts of the NGAS SW (NG/AMS):
NG/AMS
is a platform/framework providing basic services.
No
information is hard-coded to support specific types of data NG/AMS does
not know what e.g. a FITS file is.
No
information is hard-coded to support specific HW configurations.
The
specific behavior and the specific knowledge has to be added to the NGAS system
customizable.
Based
on standard protocols and formats wherever possible can be used as a building
block.
Simple
- advanced features can be added in front-end applications giving clients
a different view of the data + provide specific services.