OPeNDAP Developer's Page

Resources for developers.

Online resources

Documentation: Check out the on line documentation. Note that we have a detailed description of the DAP on line in the Design Documentation section as well as API and tutorial documentation.
We maintain a TWiKi for developers to share ideas. Anyone is welcome to contribute.
Also available is a Trac bug database.
We use Subversion to manage our source code and provide anonymous access. Instructions can be found on the software download page and here, under 'SVN and the Release Process.'
A number of other projects are using our software or have developed their own compatible toolkits. A partial list can be found under 'Other Sources of DODS/OPeNDAP Software.'
If you're wondering how you can help, take a look at 'Getting Involved' and our 'Software Wish List.'

SVN and the Release Process

A few documents on using SVN and the process we follow to produce releases within the OPeNDAP project:

OPeNDAP Subversion information: A short description of SVN that's mostly specific to our project. There is also some general information in here about tricks we've learned over the years.
The OPeNDAP Software Release Process describes how to produce software releases. It consists of general guidelines plus some checklists to make sure all the step are performed.
A description of the version numbering methodology.

Here are a few links to SVN web pages:

SVN at Tigris. The Subversion home page.
SVN Documentation . There's lots of good information here.
Eclipse has a nice SVN plugin. There's also a great emacs mode.

Technical Meetings

This is a partial listing of the minutes/notes from our technical meetings. We generally hold one technical meeting a year where developers that are using the DAP and/or OPeNDAP software can meet, present their work and talk with others.

Answering OPeNDAP support questions

Guidelines for developers on our staff, especially the folks who man the help desk at Unidata, Inc.