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