Prerequisites

Also on any client machine that will use the RIB Java administration applet, you will need a web browser and the Java plugin. Typically these will already be present.

To download the RIB software, please fill out the form below and then press the "Download RIB" button below the form. All information supplied in the form is kept stricly confidential.

RIB v3.0 installation instructions are included in the RIB archive and can be viewed at the following link: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/rib/custom/index.html?lid=41&slid=158

Additional information on using RIB, FAQ's and publications are available from the RIB web site: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/rib/

Beta3 includes the following updates since the release of the first beta:

• fixed the bug of incorrect counting of catalog objects
• fixed the bug of inconsistency between the cached config file and the actual config file on UNIX platform
• fixed the bug of random organization of rows and columns in the join matrix, rows and columns are now sorted according to the object names

RIB v2.1.2 is available in source form. New features for RIB 2.1.2 include updated versions of all of RIB's components, including Perl, Apache, and MySQL. MySQL is now built as part of the distribution. Also new in this release is file upload and download ability. Be sure and get the patches for v2.1.2 and v2.1.

RIB version 2.2 includes Apache version 2.0.47, MySQL version 4.0.14, and Perl version 5.8.0. When using this version you should check the vendors web site for any known security issues.

RIB version 2.1 includes Apache version 1.3.12, MySQL version 3.23.24, and Perl version 5.6.0. When using this version you should check the vendors web site for any known security issues.

RIB 2.1 has two components: a server and an administration interface. The server can be installed on most UNIX and Windows platforms. It contains the database that maintains your repository metadata and provides access to that data via the HTTP protocol. The administration interface runs in a web browser and requires version 1.1.2 of the Java plugin from Sun Microsystems. It is used by a repository maintainer to enter and manage metadata. The ideal configuration is to run the RIB server on a fast UNIX machine with a good network connection and to run the administration interface from a PC web browser, preferably Internet Explorer version 5 or greater.

• Improved interoperation feature

Being able to create/update "usable" interoperation objects in each local class

 

 

• Improved join feature

Being able to include interoperation objects in the final join matrix

• Improved import feature

 

Being able to recursively import objects that are related to one another

• Modified file upload feature

Made the file upload procedure more user friendly

• Bugs fixed

 

 

Fixed the major bug of not being able to change the data model and some other minor bugs
RIB v2.1.2 patch for Unix | RIB v2.1 patch for Windows

 

 

• Instructions for installing the Windows patch
• Instructions for installing the Unix patch

In the standard distribution of RIB, a repository administration Java applet and an HTML catalog serve as the default mechanisms for accessing the data objects stored in a RIB repository. The repository administration applet is primarily used for data entry and the HTML catalog is used for presentation of that data. The RIB Application Programmer's Interface (API) provides a specification that allows third party programs to access the data objects stored in RIB independently of those default mechanisms. Using the RIB API, application developers can interface existing programs to RIB or design new interfaces in circumstances where the current ones prove inadequate.

The RIB API appears as a low-level network based API (Level 1 API). It provides network access to the underlying function calls in RIB. The arguments to those function calls are described in the API but must be constructed by the application developer.

It is highly recommended that the API be tested in your environment using a test repository before using with a production repository. The API was written prior to several new features (eg., file upload capability) being added to the software and the API has not been tested since these features were added.

The Level 1 API document is available via MS Word and in HTML.

There are three reference implementations: C, Java, and Perl.

Updated API for use with RIB version 3.0: C, Java, Perl.