-ORTE is an open source C++ implementation of the Object Management
-Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS).
+[[!toc levels=1]]
+
+The Open Real-Time Ethernet (ORTE) is an open source implementation of
+Real-Time Publish-Subscribe (RTPS) communication protocol. RTPS is new
+application layer protocol targeted to real-time communication area,
+which is build on the top of standard UDP stack. Since there are many
+TCP/IP stack implementations under many operating systems and RTPS
+protocol does not have any other special HW/SW requirements, it should
+be easily ported to many HW/SW target platforms. Because it uses only
+UDP protocol, it retains control of timing and reliability.
+
+## News
+
+* 2012-08-15
+ [ORTE 0.3.3 released](https://sourceforge.net/projects/orte/files/orte-0.3.3/).
+ This is mostly a bugfix release.
+
+## Introduction
+
+In the ORTE project we are developing communication middleware under
+the OMG Data Distribution Service (DDS) for Real-Time Systems
+specification (OMG Document formal/07-01-01). The specification
+defines a service for efficiently distributing application data
+between participants in a distributed application.
+
+The recently-adopted DDS specification is divided into two components.
+First defines an Application Level Interface and behavior of a DDS
+that supports Data-Centric Publish-Subscribe (DCPS) in real-time
+systems. Second optional Data Local Reconstruction Layer (DLRL) allows
+distributed data to be shared by local objects located remotely from
+each other as if the data were local. The DLRL is built on top of the
+DCPS layer.
+
+The DDS specification also includes a platform specific mapping to IDL
+and therefore an application using DDS is able to switch among DDS
+implementations with only a re-compile. DDS therefore addresses
+'application portability.'
+
+The specification does not address the protocol used by the
+implementation to exchange messages over transports such as
+TCP/UDP/IP, so different implementations of DDS will not interoperate
+with each other unless vendor-specific “bridges” are provided.
+
+One of the transport protocol suitable for DDS communication is
+Real-Time Pusblish Subscribe (RTPS) wire protocol defined by OMG (OMG
+document formal/06-08-02). The RTPS was specifically developed to
+support the unique requirements of data-distributions systems. It's a
+field proven technology that is deployed in thousands of industrial
+devices.
+
+## Documents
+
+* [[ORTE manual|orteman.pdf]]
+* [[RTN 2008 conference paper|rtn08_orte.pdf]]
+
+Specifications
+
+* [Data-Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems (DDS) standard](http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/data_distribution.htm) DDS version 1.2. Latest version adopted in January 2007.
+* [DDS Interoperability Wire Protocol standard](http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/2006-08-02)
+* [[RTPS - Real Time Publish-Subscribe|rtps1.2.pdf]] RTPS Wire
+ Protocol Specification, version: 1.17
+
+## Download
+
+ORTE can be downloaded from
+[a project page at SourceForge.net](http://sourceforge.net/projects/orte).
+Note that the older releases are only available in the
+[older repository](http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51629&package_id=108732).
+
+## Support
+
+* Petr Smolík <petr.smolik@wo.cz>
+* Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
+* Pavel Píša <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>
+
+There is no mailing list yet, sorry.
+
+## Links
+
+Links to ORTE related projects:
+
+* ORTE was developed at
+ [Czech Technical University in Prague](http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz).
+
+* [OpenDDS](http://www.opendds.org)
+
+ OpenDDS is an open-source C++ implementation of the Object
+ Management Group's specification "Data Distribution Service for
+ Real-time Systems". OpenDDS is built on the ACE (ADAPTIVE
+ Communication Environment) abstraction layer to provide platform
+ portability. OpenDDS also leverages capabilities of TAO (The ACE
+ Orb), such as its IDL compiler and as the basis of the OpenDDS DCPS
+ Information Repository (DCPSInfoRepo).
+
+* JacORB DDS
+
+ The distribution provides an open-source Java-based DDS-DCPS
+ implementation. The purpose of this implementation is pedagogical
+ and demontrations
+ <http://www-adele.imag.fr/users/Didier.Donsez/dev/dds/readme.html>.
+
+* [SQLbusRT](http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlbusrt) is a software
+ package which enables SQL in a publish subscribe environment with
+ real time provisions. The software package finds it usage in:
+
+ * Real time measuring environments (data acquisition),
+ * Fast messaging systems,
+ * Real time database in machine automation, and SCADA systems
+ * Medical systems
+ * Military battlesystems
+
+
+* [PyPubSub](http://pypubsub.sourceforge.net/) (short for Python based
+ Publish Subscribe) is a framework for implementing a publish
+ subscribe mechanism into a Python application.
+
+## References
+
+We are aware of the following uses of ORTE:
+
+* Imtech
+
+ * ORTE as core message exchange mechanism in an aerodynamic wind
+ tunnel automation project, for one of the main windtunnel
+ facilities of the world. (see <http://www.dnw.aero> for more
+ info).
+
+ * ORTE as message exchange mechanism for the Dutch government: in
+ the automation facility for public water level management in the
+ Netherlands. For an example, see
+ [this document](http://www.neeltjejans.nl/pid5027).
+
+* [Flamingos](http://flamingos.felk.cvut.cz/) and
+ [CTU Dragons](http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/dragons/en/) Eurobot teams
+
+ A group of university staffs and students, who are interested in
+ robotics and control engineering. Their objective is to design and
+ develop robots for various competitions.
+
+ <img src="robot-recycling.png" />
+
+* Network Vehicle Systems -- [Paper](http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~edrdo/papers/mvs06.pdf)
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