Data Format Independent
• Unlike
– Root (requires Root files)
– PAW (requires PAW files)
• JAS is “data format independent”
– Special type of Plugin, a Data Interface Module
(DIM), reads data and makes it available for
analysis in JAS
– DIMs exist for
• PAW, StdHEP, FlatFiles, SQL database (JDBC),
Objectivity (HepTuples), Root
• Several experiment specific data formats
– You can write your own DIM for your data format