OBJECT TECHNOLOGY FRAMEWORK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: DATABASE

对象技术框架（OTF）包括我们继续的工作 用于操作分子数据的类库。 OTF是 使用面向对象的范例设计和实现， 将功能组织成模块化内的组件， 可扩展框架 应用程序可以通过组合 使用少量定制代码选择预制组件， 使得新分析工具的开发更加容易。 特别是， 我们将OTF用于Chimera的开发， 建模软件

The Object Technology Framework (OTF) includes our continued work on class libraries for manipulating molecular data. The OTF is designed and implemented using an object-oriented paradigm that organizes the functionality into components within a modular and extensible framework. Applications can be created by combining selected prefabricated components with a small amount of custom code, making development of new analysis tools much easier. In particular, we use the OTF in the development of Chimera, our new molecular modeling software.