CURRENT STATUS OF TESTBED DEVELOPMENT

• Implementation Team
• Architecture of the Testbed System
  • Components of Testbed Resulting from R&D Team Research
  • Distributed Object Design Activities and Next Testbed System
• User Interface Component
• The Catalog Component
  • Alexandria Gazetteer
  • Loading and Maintenance of Metadata
• Collections
  • Collection Loading Strategy
  • Loading of Datasets
  • Scientific Datasets and Metadata
• Computing Support for the Testbed: Hardware and Communications
  • Current Computing Equipment
  • Current Networking Support
  • Current ``Other'' Hardware and Software Support
  • Equipment and Facilities Needs
• Development of an Operational Library
• Abstracts of Published Papers