= Introduction =

== What is ZOO ? ==

ZOO is a WPS (Web Processing Service) open source project recently released under a MIT/X-11 style license. It provides an OGC WPS compliant developer-friendly framework to create and chain WPS Web services. ZOO is made of three parts:
 * ZOO Kernel: A powerful server-side C Kernel which makes it possible to manage and chain Web services coded in different programming languages.
 * ZOO Services: A growing suite of example Web Services based on various open source libraries.
 * ZOO API: A server-side JavaScript API able to call and chain the ZOO Services, which makes the
development and chaining processes easier.
ZOO is designed to make the WPS server-side development easier by providing a powerful system able to understand and execute WPS compliant queries. It supports several programming languages, thus allowing you to create Web Services in your favorite language and from existing code. Further information on the project is available on the ZOO Project official website.