/*
 *
 * PETALS: PETALS Services Platform
 * Copyright (C) 2007  EBM WebSourcing
 *	
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
 *	
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
 * USA.
 * 
 * Initial developer(s): EBM WebSourcing
 *
 */
 
PEtALS is a highly distributed Enterprise Service Bus.
Here is some useful information to get you started.

INSTALLATION:
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1.	Check you have at least a Java JDK 5.0 on your system.
	If not, download it for free at : 
	http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

2.  Set the location of your PEtALS installation folder and add it to your path.
	If you have trouble for starting PEtALS, you can set the PETALS_HOME
	system variable : 

		- Linux / Unix:
		export PETALS_HOME=<This current path>

		- Windows:
		set PETALS_HOME=<This current path>

DIRECTORIES:
------------
The distribution you have downloaded contains the following:

./bin			- Scripts to launch PEtALS on Unix (*.sh) or Windows (*.bat) systems.
./conf			- PEtALS configuration files.
./install		- Auto-loader directory; put a JBI component (SE or BC) or a SA to have
				them automatically installed, deployed and started in the PEtALS container.
./installed		- Components and services assemblies are automatically copied into this 
				directory after a successful installation (or deployment).
./lib			- Libraries required by PEtALS system.
./licenses		- All Licenses
./logs			- Logs generated during PEtALS execution.
./lost+found		- Lost JBI elements (components or SAs no more referred in the PEtALS repository).
./repository		- Libraries, config files (etc) of the installed or deployed 
				components, SLs and SAs.
./schema		- Some useful XML schemas used by PEtALS.
./uninstalled		- Components, SLs and SAs are automatically moved into this directory after
				a successful uninstall (or undeployment).

GETTING STARTED:
----------------
1.	To start PEtALS, go in the '/bin' directory, and launch 
	'startup.sh' (Linux) or
	'startup.bat' (Windows)

2.	Take a look at the tutorial and latest documentation on our website:
	http://petals.ow2.org/documentation.html
	You can also try the quickstart distibution which is packaged with
	usecases, samples, monitoring and management tools.

	You can learn more with some screencats demonstrations:
	http://petals.ow2.org/demonstrations.html

FEEDBACK:
---------
We hope you enjoy using PEtALS. To help us make it a better product please tell
us about any issues (no matter how small), suggestions or other comments you 
have.  You can post on the PEtALS forum : http://petals.ow2.org/forum
or raise issues at : http://forge.objectweb.org/tracker/?group_id=213

Enjoy!
The PEtALS Team
