<s>
Solarsoft	B-Application
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
software	O
development	O
system	O
created	O
at	O
Lockheed-Martin	O
to	O
support	O
solar	O
data	O
analysis	O
and	O
spacecraft	O
operation	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solarsoft	B-Application
is	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
and	O
use	O
by	O
research	O
groups	O
on	O
all	O
seven	O
continents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solarsoft	B-Application
is	O
a	O
store-and-forward	O
system	O
that	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
rsync	B-Application
,	O
csh	B-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
UNIX	O
tools	O
to	O
distribute	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solarsoft	B-Application
predates	O
CVS	B-Application
and	O
most	O
other	O
collaborative	O
development	O
systems	O
;	O
hence	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
direct	O
support	O
for	O
many	O
features	O
that	O
today	O
would	O
be	O
considered	O
necessary	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
software	O
versioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
Solarsoft	B-Application
has	O
grown	O
to	O
include	O
calibration	O
data	O
and	O
even	O
complete	O
catalog	O
indices	O
for	O
some	O
instruments	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
scientific	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
Solarsoft	B-Application
tree	O
pertains	O
to	O
either	O
solar	O
data	O
analysis	O
or	O
specific	O
space	O
missions	O
or	O
observatories	O
such	O
as	O
Yohkoh	O
or	O
SOHO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vast	O
majority	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
IDL	B-Language
,	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
analysis	O
platform	O
in	O
the	O
solar	O
physics	O
community	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
C	B-Language
,	O
ana	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PDL	B-Language
modules	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
