Introduction

OME is a complex software project, containing over 500 files totalling almost 150,000 lines of code. Obviously, understanding a system of this magnitude is not a trivial undertaking. These notes are based on one developer's attempts to understand the system. Hopefully, they will provide some guidelines that might be useful for others who hope to muck around with OME.

Standard disclaimers apply: this document is not conclusive or exhaustive. Furthermore, it will probably be out-of-date relative to the code by the time you read it. The point here is not to document every last line of code in the system. Instead, this document will provide pointers that may help readers get oriented and understand where in the system they need to dig to find specific answers to their questions.