Sacramento River Ecological Flows Tool (SacEFT) Design

Base Class Library (BCL)-An object oriented framework of reusable classes accessible from any .NET language Binary file-A file containing information that is in machine-readable form that can only be interpreted by a program that understands in advance exactly how it is formatted. Binary object – A binary large object (BLOB) is a format of binary data stored in a relational database. Business validation rules-A step or set of steps in a process or procedure or guide (algorithmic or heuristic) used by a customer for doing its business, work, or function, and often embodied in whole or in part in the software of a system. CALSIM II-A statewide planning model which simulates operations of SWP and CVP facilities, under a Coordinated Operations Agreement, on a monthly time-step. Cascade delete and update-A process that causes an action to be taken on rows in a database when another row is deleted. Class-A template code file that can be used to create objects with a common definition and common properties, operations, and behavior. An object is an instance of a class. COM components-A set of specification and services that facilitates a developer to create reusable objects and components for running various applications. Compatibility list-A listing of imported physical model data instances that are allowed to be grouped together, based on having sufficiently similar embedded assumptions. Unless a data instance is part of the same " compatibility family " , users cannot add it to a model scenario. This is the mechanism used to encourage use of apples and apples data instances. Data instance-A SacEFT database concept for tracking imported datasets and their metadata using a unique identifier. Also used to tag information on non-imported (i.e., local) generic rules/parameter values for focal species (i.e., also used as a scenario identifier). Database engine-The part of the database manager that provides the base functions and configuration files that are needed to use the database. Desktop centered architecture – The majority of software application code is installed on individual workstations rather than accessed from a centralized server computer. HEC-5Q – alternate name for USBR Temperature Model. IEM-Import/Export Manager – An envisioned SacEFT component for importing external datasets to the SacEFT relational database, using a combination of Excel templates, wrapper code for COM components that may be provided by USACE HEC programmers (for DSS files) and web services. Metadata-The set of characteristics that describe the underlying assumptions and other …