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<h1>About CMake BASIS<a class="headerlink" href="#about-cmake-basis" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="history">
<span id="id1"></span><h2>History<a class="headerlink" href="#history" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The CMake BASIS project was started early in 2011 to improve and standardize software
packages developed at the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/">Section of Biomedical Image Analysis (SBIA)</a>
of the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.upenn.edu/">University of Pennsylvania</a>. It started with the decision
to use <a class="reference external" href="http://www.cmake.org">CMake</a> as a build system which has been greatly extended using custom CMake
macros and functions and the implementation of a standardized project template.
The initial idea was to provide a project template based on CMake which would
standardize the project directory structure as well as the software build. This
project template would allow the developers to concentrate on actual software
development rather than on deciding upon the directory structure, the directory names,
and the basic CMake configuration. Over time, these components were transformed into
important parts of the CMake BASIS package.</p>
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<h2>Purpose<a class="headerlink" href="#purpose" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The CMake BASIS software package documents and implements a standard for
project organization, software build, implementation and documentation.
We aim to provide a comprehensive way to streamline software development.</p>
<p>CMake BASIS includes a software development standard, a <a class="reference internal" href="standard/template.html"><span class="doc">Project Template</span></a>
implementing the <a class="reference internal" href="standard/fhs.html"><span class="doc">Filesystem Layout</span></a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://cmake-basis.github.io/apidoc/latest/group__BasisModules.html">CMake Modules</a> which not only follow the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard, but also implement the build system standard as well as the
standard for testing and packaging software developed using BASIS.</p>
<p>CMake BASIS provides basic <a class="reference external" href="https://cmake-basis.github.io/apidoc/latest/group__BasisUtilities.html">utility functions</a> for each
supported programming language which implement certain aspects of the
<a class="reference internal" href="standard.html"><span class="doc">software implementation standard</span></a> such as the calling
conventions on how to execute subprocesses and the parsing of command-line
arguments. Where possible, these utility implementations were adopted from
other open source software projects and integrated with BASIS.</p>
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<h2>People<a class="headerlink" href="#people" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p><strong>Software Development</strong></p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://opensource.andreasschuh.com">Andreas Schuh</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="mailto:ahundt&#37;&#52;&#48;cmu&#46;edu">Andrew Hundt</a></li>
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<p><strong>Contributors</strong></p>
<p>The following people notably helped to define and shape BASIS.</p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Dominique.Belhachemi">Dominique Belhachemi</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Nematollah.Batmanghelich/Kayhan.Batmanghelich/Home.html">Kayhan N. Batmanghelich</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Luke.Bloy">Luke Bloy</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Yangming.Ou">Yangming Ou</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Former Advisors at SBIA</strong></p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Christos.Davatzikos">Christos Davatzikos</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://www.cbica.upenn.edu/sbia/Kilian.Pohl">Kilian M. Pohl</a></li>
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