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+Apache Tuscany SDO C++ M3
+=========================
+
+http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany
+
+Tuscany is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation
+(ASF), sponsored by the Web Services PMC.
+
+Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review
+indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process
+have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. 
+
+While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or 
+stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully
+endorsed by the ASF.
+
+
+Getting Started
+===============
+
+Documentation describing the system requirements and the steps to install
+Tuscany SDO C++ and run the samples can be found in the GettingStarted.html 
+file.
+
+
+About Tuscany SDO for C++
+=========================
+
+Tuscany SDO is an implementation of the Service Data Objects for C++ 2.01 
+specification found at
+http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/SDO+-+Previously+Published+Specifications
+
+Supported SDO features
+  * All features are supported unless listed under the known restrictions
+    below. See the Service Data Objects for C++ 2.01 specification.
+
+New features in this release
+  * 30-40% performance improvement    
+  * Multiple bug fixes and internal enhancements
+
+Known Restrictions
+The implementation adheres closely to the specification, but there are a number 
+of features which did not make it into this release. These are documented 
+below.
+
+Generic get/set:
+The C++ implementation defines a set of access methods directly appropriate to
+each Type. For example getString(), setString(), getBoolean(), setBoolean(). 
+There is no generic get() method as there is no common base object to return - 
+unlike the java implementation which can return an Object.
+
+Typesafe interface:
+There is no code generation in this version, so there is no interface such that
+a property called "Name" can be accessed via object->getName().  The name must 
+be accessed via object->getString("Name");
+
+Change Summary Serialization:
+Change summaries contain creations, deletions and modifications to data graphs.
+The specification indicates that these will be serialized to XML such that 
+creations and deletions will become attributes of the change summary element, 
+whilst changes become elements within the change summary element. This 
+implementation saves all creations, deletions and changes as elements within 
+the change summary element.
+
+Change Summary Undo:
+The undo method of a change summary is not implemented.
+
+Read-Only:
+Read-only data elements are not supported by this implementation. Properties 
+may be set read-only, but the property may still be modified without an error.
+
+Opposites:
+Opposites are not supported by this implementation. 
+
+Date and Time:
+Date support is limited to using a time_t. There are no calendar or duration 
+style objects, and no helpers for conversions.
+
+BigDecimal and BigInteger:
+The equivalent of the java BigDecimal and BigInteger objects are not 
+implemented.
+
+NLS support:
+Data objects may contain multi-byte data in the form of an SDO string, but 
+locale information is not stored with the data. The creation API only allows 
+properties and types to have ascii names (taking a char* as the name).
+
+Inheritance:
+Type inheritance is single only.
+
+
+
+
+Thank you for using Tuscany!
+
+The Tuscany Team.