--- ANNOUNCE-2.0 | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 ANNOUNCE-2.0 diff --git a/ANNOUNCE-2.0 b/ANNOUNCE-2.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d74eea --- /dev/null +++ b/ANNOUNCE-2.0 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +The Olena Team is proud to announce the release of Olena 2.0. + +Olena is a platform dedicated to image processing and pattern +recognition. Its core component is a generic and efficient C++ +library called Milena. Milena provides a framework to implement +simple, fast, safe, reusable and extensible image processing tool +chains. The library provides many ready-to-use image data structures +(regular 1D, 2D, 3D images, graph-based images, etc.) and algorithms. +Milena's algorithms are built upon classical entities from the image +processing field (images, points/sites, domains, neighborhoods, etc.). +This design allows image processing developers and practitioners to +easily understand, modify, develop and extend new algorithms while +retaining the core traits of Milena: genericity and efficiency. + +On top of Milena, the Olena platform also features optional modules +such as Swilena, a component exposing Milena to other languages thanks +to the Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator (SWIG); and the +SCRIBO module for Document Image Analysis (see below). + +The Olena platform is Free Software. It is distributed under the +conditions of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. See the +file COPYING shipped with the Olena distribution. + +Release notes are available at: + http://olena.lrde.epita.fr/Olena200 + +You can download packages of the Olena 2.0 distribution here: + http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/olena/2.0/olena-2.0.tar.gz (38 MB) + http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/olena/2.0/olena-2.0.tar.bz2 (32 MB) + +The SHA1 digests of theses packages are: + d3a829fa56bff4edbca58af0c9a39c9569820c60 olena-2.0.tar.gz + 0abae2a9bc751a8fb33acacd2dbe70635d5dd00b olena-2.0.tar.bz2 + +Here is a list of major changes since Olena 1.0: + + * The biggest addition to Olena available in this new version is the + SCRIBO module for Document Image Analysis (DIA). This module has + been developed in the context of the SCRIBO project (see + http://www.scribo.ws). The SCRIBO module provides software + building blocks to create DIA tool chains, including routines for + preprocessing steps (such as binarization, show-through removal, + deskew and denoising), text lines identification, non-text objects + retrieval (tables, pictures, separators, etc.), line + reconstruction (rebuilding separators and tables), Optical + Character Recognition (OCR) integration and document + reconstruction (converting a document to XML, PDF and/or HTML + outputs). Dedicated data structures are also provided to handle + intermediate results. Some Graphical User Interface (GUI) + programs based on the Qt toolkit are also proposed. + + * Several compilation issues have been addressed. + + * New algorithms (especially in mathematical morphology), canvases + (or algorithmic patterns) and efficient algorithm variants have + been added to Milena, as well as some new data types (see NEWS for + more details). + + * More conversion routines, especially regarding color values. + + * Support for I/O routines (both built-in and depending on + third-party packages) has been improved. + + * Various bug fixes and improvements. + +The file NEWS, included in the archive, contains a more complete list +of user-visible changes. + +Please report any problem by mail to <olena-bugs(a)lrde.epita.fr>fr>. -- 1.7.2.5