FDO Report 2008

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FDO (Feature Data Objects) DRAFT

  • Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2008
  • Contact name: Greg Boone

Key Accomplishments

The following releases of FDO were made available in 2008:

  • FDO Open Source 3.3.0 Released - March 2008
    • Bug fixes from 3.2.3 release
    • Addition of the FDO Expression Engine
    • Addition of the PostGIS Provider
    • Continued development and release of the KingOracle Provider
    • Alpha Release of the SQL Server Spatial Provider
    • The complete roadmap and features of FDO 3.3.0 can be found at: http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/milestone/3.3.0.

Development of FDO 3.4.0

  • Major development efforts were undertaken in 2008 towards the release of FDO 3.4.0, which was released in beta form in January 2009.
    • Bug fixes from 3.3.2 release
    • Implement Support for a SQLServer Spatial FDO Provider. FDO RFC:12[1]
    • Implement Support for a SQLite FDO Provider. FDO RFC:16[2]
    • Migrate FDO to support Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. FDO RFC:18[3]
    • New GetSchemaNames, GetClassNames commands, and DescribeSchema Hint. FDO RFC:23[4]
    • New ExtendedSelect command and Scrollable Reader. FDO RFC:26[5]
    • Add X,Y,Z and M Expression Functions. FDO RFC:28[6]
    • Redefining Expression Function EXTRACT. FDO RFC:29[7]