What is Zeidon?

What is Zeidon?

Zeidon is a application development system that incorporates multiple design and implementation tools into a single consistent system. The main parts of Zeidon are:

1. E-R diagrammer. The E-R diagrammer (ERD) helps you design and model your data.
2. Object builder. Entities from the ERD are then arranged into hierarchical constructs called Logical Object Definitions (LOD). A LOD defines a logical view for how applications access and manipulate the entities from the ERD. A LOD can be considered a sort of XML DTD that adds structure to your data.
3. Physical Mapping. A mapping is created between the logical ERD and one or more databases. Zeidon uses the mapping at run-time to retrieve and store data to the DB.
4. Object Engine (OE). The OE is the run-time component of Zeidon that manages the data for an application. Applications manipulate the data through the OE API.
5. Object Instance (OI). The OI is an instantiation of data using a LOD to define the structure.