Versant Object Database
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- France
Product
- Versant Object Database
Tech Stack
- UsiXML
- XML
- JAVA
- C++
- Python
- Smalltalk
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Innovation Output
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries
- Marine & Shipping
- National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Process Control & Optimization
- Computer Vision
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Telecom Bretagne is one of the most prestigious graduate engineering schools in France under the aegis of the Ministry for Industry. It is responsible for developing a French validator and demonstrator system for the UsiXML project relying on the European Maritime Surveillance Framework. Every day tens of thousands of activities take place at sea in Europe, and every day these activities must be monitored to ensure safety. The European Maritime Surveillance Framework has to integrate various autonomous surveillance applications, tactile surfaces, and sensor systems – including maritime search and rescue, traffic monitoring, fishing inspections, or maritime border surveillance.
The Challenge
Telecom Bretagne, a prestigious graduate engineering school in France, was tasked with developing a French validator and demonstrator system for the UsiXML project, which is based on the European Maritime Surveillance project. The challenge was to develop a database technology that could provide both the objects of the simulation and the operational information captured during the experimental or effective mission. The system needed to integrate various autonomous surveillance applications, tactile surfaces, and sensor systems, including maritime search and rescue, traffic monitoring, fishing inspections, and maritime border surveillance.
The Solution
The solution was the Versant Object Database, which provides fast navigational access and high performance when storing and retrieving complex simulation data. The database technology provides numerous language APIs, and object-oriented applications, whether written in Smalltalk, Python, JAVA, and C++, can share a common set of structured objects. The simulation environment was built around the Versant Object Database, which is used to provide both the objects of the simulation and the operational information captured during the experimental or effective mission. The UsiXML partners developed a new XML-compliant User Interface Description Language (UIDL) on top of the existing UsiXML and IDEAL 2.0 standards.
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