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The project has been running for two years and a proof of concept has been demonstrated. A review and consolidation of requirements and software design is underway and advanced development will soon begin.
The software will be developed according to an evolutionary model with overlapping lifecycle phases and incremental releases. The operational system is due for release to the public in September 2010.

Schedule

Jan-Jun 2007	Preliminary Design and Development Phase
Jul 2007	Preliminary Design Review
Jul-Nov 2007	Preliminary Implementation
Dec 2007-Aug 2008	Core Development and Alpha Testing
Sep 2008-Mar 2009	Consolidation of requirements and software design
Dec 2008-Nov 2009	Advanced Development and Beta Testing
Dec 2009	Critical Design Review
Jan-Mar 2010	Preparation for Network Deployment
Apr 2010	First software release (to limited user group)
Apr-Jul 2010	Enhanced Development and Testing
Aug 2010	Second software release (under public license)
Sep 2010 on	Operational network and ongoing open source development

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