WEB*
Concurrent Engineering Research Center West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia
December 1994
The Concurrent Engineering Research Center (CERC) is placing Web* software developed under the auspices of (Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) grant no. MDA972-91-J-1022 and National Library of Medicine contract no. N01-LM-3-3525 in the public domain.
Web* (WebStar) is an enabler to put information available in different information sources on the Web. This software will allow anyone trying to setup a Web server (HTTP server) to provide information which they have accessible programmatically but not in HTML format.
Web* lets the publishing of dynamic information (HTML documents generated on the fly) on the net by providing a HTML template-driven scripting capability. With Web*, you can design a whole set of pages, devise complex user interaction, and isolate your information-providing applications from the stateless nature of the http protocol.
Web* has an optional Orbix interface. Orbix is a CORBA-compliant software. Web* is part of the Information Sharing System being developed at CERC.
Web* is a key enabler for the ARTEMIS (Advanced Research Testbed for Medical Informatics) project currently underway at CERC. As part of the ARTEMIS project, Patient Record information will be made available electronically to remote providers, wherever they are, using a Web client and a server using Web* and an Orbix interface to Oracle databases. Experimental trials of ARTEMIS, in a secured sub-network, with providers in Valley Health Systems in Huntington, West Virginia, are scheduled to begin in April 1995.
Web* documentation, sources, and demonstrations can be accessed through the following URL: http://webstar.cerc.wvu.edu/.
For additional information contact: almasi@cerc.wvu.edu or juggy@cerc.wvu.edu
George Almasi or Juggy Concurrent Engineering Research Center West Virginia University 886 Chestnut Ridge Road P.O. Box 6506 Morgantown, WV 26506 Phone: (304)293-7226 Fax: (304)293-7541