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inQ: Just what is it, anyway?. Charles Cowart SDSC Summer Institute August 25 th , 2004. Overview:. inQ is a browser & query tool for SRB. Supports the file and directory functionality of Windows Explorer. Adds support for user-defined metadata and nested queries. Features Overview:.
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inQ: Just what is it, anyway? Charles Cowart SDSC Summer Institute August 25th, 2004
Overview: • inQ is a browser & query tool for SRB. • Supports the file and directory functionality of Windows Explorer. • Adds support for user-defined metadata and nested queries.
Features Overview: • User permissions, metadata, and queries displayed ‘up-front’ with your collections and datasets • Familiar “Windows Explorer” interface • Muti-threaded architecture • Drag and drop support
A detailed list of features: • Browse a dataset simply by double-clicking on an icon • Create, rename, assign metadata to, and delete collections and datasets ‘up front’ • Drag files from the desktop into your collections • Drag datasets and collections out from inQ and onto your desktop • Cut and Copy files from Windows Explorer into inQ
And more features! • Cut and Copy datasets from inQ as files into another Windows application • Create queries and nest queries underneath your results • Navigate through your history, jump up, and jump to your home collection with the jump bar • Change your current resource, switch to a container, or create new containers ‘up front’ • One-click replication
Tech Spects and Future Plans: • Built using Windows MFC and Srb Object client libraries • Future plans include ports to MacOSX and Linux platforms using Qt client library. FOR MORE INFO... Visit our website at http://srb.npaci.edu Email us at srb@sdsc.edu