This is the CDF V2.7 online software distribution directory for Unix systems. This directory contains the following files: AAREADME.txt This is the AAREADME.txt file. CHANGES.txt Description of the changes made for the current release. cdf27-dist-all.tar This file contains both the CDF library and the CDF Java APIs as well as Java version of the CDF tools. cdf27-dist-all.tar = cdf27-dist-cdf.tar + cdf27-dist-java.tar cdf27-dist-all.tar.Z Compressed cdf27-dist-all.tar with the Unix 'compress' command cdf27-dist-all.tar.gz Compressed cdf27-dist-all.tar with the Gnu 'gzip' utility cdf27-dist-cdf.tar This file contains the CDF library. Download this file if you don't plan to develop CDF applications in Java. cdf27-dist-cdf.tar.Z Compressed cdf27-dist-cdf.tar with the Unix 'compress' command cdf27-dist-cdf.tar.gz Compressed cdf27-dist-cdf.tar with the Gnu 'gzip' utility cdf27-dist-java.tar This file contains the CDF Java APIs and Java version of the CDF tools (e.g. cdfedit, cdfexport, etc.). Download this file if you already have a CDF library (CDF 2.6 or higher) installed on your machine and want to develop CDF applications in Java. cdf27-dist-java.tar.Z Compressed cdf27-dist-java.tar with the Unix 'compress' command cdf27-dist-java.tar.gz Compressed cdf27-dist-java.tar with the Gnu 'gzip' utility Release.notes Information about the current CDF release. README.install Installation instructions for cdf27-dist-all.tar and cdf27-dist-cdf.tar README.install_java_APIs Installation instructions for cdf27-dist-java.tar PerlCDF27.tar.gz Compressed and tarred Perl-CDF APIs. cdfjava.jar This is the latest version of cdfjava.jar that contains the latest Java APIs. This file is also included in cdf27-dist-all.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz] and cdf27-dist-java.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz]. But it is here for those who installed the Java APIs a while ago and don't have the latest Java APIs. If you are not sure whether you have the latest version of the Java APIs, download this file and replace the one you have now under the cdfjava directory. The latest version is multi-threaded safe. If you encounter any problem using this version, you may need to recompile the JNI, cdfNativeLibrary.c, that is in cdfjava/jni directory in the (compressed) tarball, i.e., cdf27-dist-all.tar* or cdf27-dist-java.tar*. cdfml.tar.gz This compressed tar file contains the files that are necessary for support of the CDF Markup Language (CDFML) as well as the following two tools (written in Java): CDF2CDFML: Extracts the contents of a CDF file into a XML file that conforms to the CDF DTD or schema. CDFML2CDF: Creates a CDF file from a XML file that conforms to the CDF DTD or schema. The XML parser, SAX, is required to run this program. Note that Sun's JDK 1.4 already includes this parser while other JDKs need a separate download for it. Contents of this file are also included in the latest version of cdf27-dist-all.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz] and cdf27-dist-java.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz], but it is here for those who have downloaded and installed an old version of cdf27-dist-all.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz] or cdf27-dist-java.[tar|tar.Z|tar.gz]. cdfml.jar This file contains the latest version of CDF2CDFML, CDFML2CDF and others for cdfml.