[cosmic-users] CoSMIC 0.8.0 is released

[James H. Hill]

Hi folks,

The Component Synthesis using Model-Integrated Computing (CoSMIC)
release 0.8.0 is release. The installer is available for download from 
the following location:

    http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/cosmic/html/download.html

The CoSMIC tool suite consists of

      o   Platform-Independent Component Modeling Language (PICML)
      o   Component QoS Modeling Language (CQML)
      o   DDS QoS Modeling Language (DQML)

PICML is a Model-Integrated Computing (MIC) based paradigm for modeling
CORBA Component Model (CCM) based applications, which use the latest
Deployment and Configuration Specification (D&C), for configuration and
deployment. CQML allows PICML-based models to capture the higher level
QoS design intent and helps generate QoS configuration metadata from
annotated models. DQML allows modeling of large number QoS knobs
provided by DDS.

This document lists the new features that are introduced in the latest
version.

Release CoSMIC-0.8.0
======================

. Added support for complex types, i.e., structures and sequences,
   to configuration properties in the deployment plan. Please use
   the latest migration script at the following location in the
   PICML paradigm directory to convert existing models.

. Implemented Beta version of the Property Manager, which is an
   interpreter for manipulating property values. Currently, the
   Property Manager supports basic types, structures, structures
   of structure, sequences, and sequences of structures. When dealing
   with sequences, the Property Manager can only added elements
   to the sequence. It is not able to remove elements, or move
   elements to new locations in this release.

. Implemented deprecation support for the DataType element and
   the DataValue attribute on a Property. These elements will be
   removed completely in the next release.