Programming Style
Everyone has their own style, right? Antelope was coded more or less entirely by one person – me – and that means the code reflects my coding style, as well as my growth as a programmer over the years.
The code has been designed to serve my needs, which may be quite different from yours. So here I wanted to introduce some key elements of the Antelope style so that you can be prepared for them.
Modeling by Reference
The fundamental concept behind the design of the Antelope catalog is the concept that models can be built and described precisely without the modeler being in possession of all– or even any– of the data. They just need to know where to find it.
A dataset is associated with an