摘要
Thedetectordescriptiondatabase,theeventdatastructure,theconditiondatabaseareallexamples(amongothers)ofcomplexcollectionsofobjectswhichneedtobeunambiguouslyidentified,notonlyinternallytotheirownmanagementstructure.butalsofromonecollectiontotheother.Therequirementsforsuchanidentificationschemeincludethemanagementofidentifiersindividuallyattachedtoeachcollectedobject,thepossibilitytoformallyspectifytheseidentifiers(egthroughdictionaries),togenerateoptimisedandcompactrepresentationsfortheseidentifiersandtobeabletousethemassortingandsearchingkeys.wepresentherethegenerictoolkitdevelopedinthecontextoftheAtlasexperimenttoprimarilyprovidetheidentificationofthereadoutelementsofthedetector.Thistoolkitoffersseveraleithergenericorspecializedcomponentsuchas:anXMLbaseddictionarywithwhichtheformalspecificationofaparticularobjectcollectionisexpressed,asetofvariousbinaryrepresentationsforidentifierobjects(offeringvariouslevelofcompaction),rangeoperatorsmeanttomanipulaterangesofidentifiers,andfinallyacollectionmanagersimilartotheSTLmapbutoptimisedforanorganizationkeyedbyIdentifiers.Allthesecomponentseasilyinteroperate.InParticulartheIdentifierdidctionaryoffersmeansofspecifyingpermittedcardinalitiesofobjectsateachlevelofthehierarchy,ThiscanthenbetranslatedintoIdentifierRangesorcanbeusedasthestrategydriverforhighcompactificationoftheidentifiers(e.g.tostoreverylargenumberofidentifiedobjects).Currentuseofthistoolkitwithinthedetectordescriptionwillbepresented,andexpectedorpossibleotherusageswillbediscussed.
出版日期
2001年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
