CAS can stored in 2 formats
"Record Store instances"
Binary/XML file
The "last-mile-crawl" of the project takes the data and configuration to create Dgidx-compatible input for MDEX
CAS Service
servlet runs in tomcat
CAS Server
Component Instance Manager (CIM) - use to create, delete and view Record Store components
Dimension Value Id Manager - creates, stores and retrieve dim val ID
Record Stores - one per data source
runs on port 8500
cas-cmd.bat can run various CAS operations
CAS Server
accessible via web-services
supports full, incremental and probe crawls
can use "Document Conversion Module" to convert word and pdf files
Command line utils
cas-cmd - creates and manage data source crawl
component-manager-cmd - list, create, delete components (datastore)
recordstore-cmd.bat - use to create, delete and view Record Store components
recordstore-cmd.bat - get content from recordstore, last commit transaction
check out CAS Developer's guide
Record Store