.. _`Preface`:

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Preface
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.. TO BE REFINED AFTER ALL OTHER EDITING DONE

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About the DDS Tutorial
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The *DDS Tutorial* is included with the Vortex OpenSplice
Documentation Set. This Guide is the starting point for anyone using,
developing or running applications with Vortex OpenSplice.

*This DDS Tutorial contains:*

+ a general introduction to the
  Data Distibution Service (DDS)

+ descriptions of how to develop applications which
  exploit features of the DDS

+ *etc.*

*Intended Audience*

The *DDS Tutorial* is intended to be used by anyone who
wishes to make use of a DDS product.



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Conventions
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The icons shown below are used in ADLINK product documentation
to help readers to quickly identify information relevant to their
specific use of Vortex OpenSplice.


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 *Icon*    *Meaning*
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 |caution| Item of special significance or where caution needs to be taken.
 |info|    Item contains helpful hint or special information.
 |windows| Information applies to Windows (*e.g.* XP, 2003, Windows 7) only.
 |unix|    Information applies to Unix-based systems (*e.g.* Solaris) only.
 |linux|   Information applies to Linux-based systems (*e.g.* Ubuntu) only.
 |c|       C language specific.
 |cpp|     C++ language specific.
 |csharp|  C# language specific.
 |java|    Java language specific.
 ========= ==================================================================




.. |caution| image:: ./images/icon-caution.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |info|   image:: ./images/icon-info.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |windows| image:: ./images/icon-windows.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |unix| image:: ./images/icon-unix.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |linux| image:: ./images/icon-linux.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |c| image:: ./images/icon-c.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |cpp| image:: ./images/icon-cpp.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |csharp| image:: ./images/icon-csharp.*
            :height: 6mm
.. |java| image:: ./images/icon-java.*
            :height: 6mm

