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WDB Roadmap

The WDB roadmap is an attempt to outline what the objectives of the WDB development team are for the next 12 month period. Reality, of course, will not cooperate with us, so we will probably both be late and overly optimistic. Nevertheless, having the roadmap serves a number of purposes:

The roadmap is subject to change at any time, depending on the progress made and on the availability of the people required for working on the different issues.

WDB version 0.6.0 (February 2008)

WDB version 0.6.0 is intended as the first “production-ready” release. It is scheduled to be released into production with the Hindcast project shortly after release.

Feature Date Completed Related Bug Requirements Assigned
Bug fixing on version 0.5.0 2008-01-30 1, 2, 22, 35, 40 Michael A.
Meta data automation 2008-01-25 Vegard B.
Loading of FELT files 2008-01-11 Felt2Grib must be available Michael A.
Debian package for WDB 2008-01-28 Vegard B.

Issue List for WDB version 0.6.0

WDB version 0.7.0 (April 2008)

WDB version 0.7.0 upgraded the WDB Call Interface significantly. After this release, it is hoped that there will be no further major changes to the interface.

Feature Date Completed Related Bug Requirements Assigned
Bug fixing on version 0.6.0 2008-03-24 42 Michael A./Vegard B.
Correct metadata for Hirlam and WAM data - 6, 7 Michael A.
Data Model corrections 2008-03-24 Michael A.
Improved WCI Interface /support for namespaces 2008-03-24 Data model corrections Michael A./Vegard B.
Support for negative data versions 2008-02-04 12 Vegard B.
Correct metadata for Hirlam and WAM data - 6, 7 Michael A.
Correct metadata for EPS data - Michael A.
Support for metadata info (wci.info) 2008-05-28 Michael A.
Support for data browsing (wci.browse) 2008-05-28 Michael A.
SMS-Support for GRIB Loading 2008-05-26 Vegard B.
Support for Data Cleaning 2008-05-26 Vegard B.
Native support for FELT Loading Michael A./Vegard B.

Issue List for WDB version 0.7.0

WDB version 0.8.0 (January 2009)

Version 0.8.0 will upgrade the WCI user interface's use of types in the WCI interface. Version 0.8.0 is currently in development.

Feature Date Completed Related Bug Requirements Assigned
Bug fixing on version 0.7.x 44, 46
wci.timespec and wci.levelspec deprecated Vegard B.

Issue List for WDB version 0.8.0

WDB version 0.9.0 (March 2009)

In planning stages. This is expected to be the “beta-release” version for the PROFF project.

Feature Date Completed Related Bug Requirements Assigned

Issue List for WDB version 0.9.0

WDB version 1.0.0 (June 2009)

WDB version 1.0.0 is intended as the “final” production-ready version of WDB for the PROFF project. Prior to this release, there should be few major bugs left in the system, and no stability or reliability bugs.

Feature Date Completed Related Bug Requirements Assigned

Issue List for WDB version 1.0