EARTHWORM Status Report


Feb. 12, 1998

This is an update of Earthworm status since the notes of 9/25/97.

The Earthworm community is alive and growing. The number of participants is growing and, more significantly, so is the number of sites participating in development. Currently, eight individuals at UofW Seattle, PNL Richland, USGS Menlo Park, ATWC Palmer, and USGS Golden are actively participating in design, implementation, modifications, and testing. This group has been keeping in touch via

email, individual phone calls, and a weekly conference call meeting. This has resulted in a very effective development team, especially when one considers that we're spread over three time zones, several thousand miles, and report to six different supervisors. The benefits have been to (1) accelerate progress by sharing specialized knowledge, (2) provide a very rapid mechanism for isolating and fixing bugs, (3) identify and implement mutually desired enhancements, and (4) assure that new designs are as generally useful as possible.

CURRENT DIRECTIONS:

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: