Description of program WOD05 Browser
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Chris Mawata, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Jan. 17, 2007

WOD05 Browser is a program designed to allow the user to 
to load data files in WOD05 format and browse through individual
stations. The program can read compressed and uncompressed
WOD05 format files.  As one browses through the stations,
one can see Primary Headers, Character data, Secondary headers,
Biological Headers, Taxa Sets, Profile data, and plots of the
profile data in the various tabs.

Setting up:
The program requires java 5 or later. It has been tested on
Windows XP, Suse Linux, and Ubuntu Linux. A quick check to see
which version if any of java you have is to get a command console
and type "java -version" (minus the quotes). 

1) If necessary download and install Java Standard Edition 
from http://java.sun.com/.

2) Extract the wod05java.zip file to a folder of your choice.
We shall call that folder <WOD05_HOME>

For Users:
3) Get a command console and navigate to <WOD05_HOME>.
Type "java -jar lib\wod05browser.jar".
[Change the \ to a / on *unix platforms]

4) You should now have an empty frame with a menu bar and tabs.
To load data click File | Load and you will get a file chooser.
Highlight the file you want and click the "Read" button.

5) Enjoy.

There are more detailed instructions in the  
<WOD05_HOME>/docs/userguide.html file.

For Java Programmers:
To extend the program you need to have the wod05browser.jar 
file on your classpath. The codeTables folder should be below 
the folder where you start the JVM. An example program to 
illustrate how to make use of the data accessor is in the 
file Example.java at the root of the application. The 
javadocs for all the classes are in the docs folder. The 
key classes are Data which represents the collection of 
stations from the file you are reading and Station which 
represents an individual station.