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Design Drivers

1. Products based on open, state of the art technology
2. Non vendor-specific technology
   • Open Services Gateway Initiative
   • Eclipse development platforn
   • Java 2 platform enterprise edition
   • Open GIS Consortium
3. Compliance with Open Systems
4. A scalable Multi-Tier Architecture
   • Supported on Unix, Linux, and Windows
5. Integrate data from multiple sources
   • spatial and non-spatial
6. Custom configuration by site administrator
   • Flexible enough to meet many needs
7. Insulate user from data complexity
   • User doesn't doesn’t care where data is located
8. Role base access control
   • Control data access in standard manner
9. No browser plugins
   • No proprietary add-ons required for browser
10. Minimal footprint
    • Minimise requirements for clients
11. Sophisticated reporting capability
    • BIRT out of the box
12. Rapid implementation
    • Initial implementation can grow as required
13. Choice
    • Wide support for standards
14. Customer driven product road map
    • We develop the framework, users develop the product

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