diff --git a/content/concepts/components.md b/content/concepts/components.md index b19014bc..31bf40bb 100644 --- a/content/concepts/components.md +++ b/content/concepts/components.md @@ -1,22 +1,42 @@ --- title: Software Components -description: Ocean components are tools meant to stay as simple as possible. +description: Components, from top-level (GUI) downwards --- -## Aquarius - Metadata Cache +## Ocean Market -Metadata is stored on-chain. +A [live](http://market.oceanprotocol.com) community-oriented data marketplace. [Here's](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/ocean-market-an-open-source-community-marketplace-for-data-4b99bedacdc3) a blog post with more information. + +It uses React Hooks, which in turn uses the JavaScript driver. + + + +## React Hooks + +Building blocks to help building GUI-based frontends. + +## JavaScript & Python Drivers + +Client libraries used by applications (such as Pleuston or Jupyter notebooks) to interact with Ocean components, including Keepers, Aquarius nodes, Brizo nodes, etc. + +![How Squid is Used](images/ocean-squid-ecosystem.png) + + + + + + +## Metadata Cache - Aquarius + +Ocean stores metadata of data assets *on-chain*. To improve GUI responsiveness, Ocean Market runs Aquarius to retrieve the metadata from the chain and cache it locally (using MongoDB). -## Brizo +## Provider -Publishers run Brizo to manage interactions with marketplaces and consumers. -It interacts with the publisher's cloud and/or on-premise infrastructure. - -The most basic scenario for a publisher is to provide access to the [assets](/concepts/terminology/#asset-or-data-asset) the publisher owns or manages, but [Brizo can do much more](/concepts/architecture/#brizo). +Publishers run Provider to serve up a data asset when requested. Provider interacts with the publisher's cloud and/or on-premise infrastructure. @@ -42,23 +62,3 @@ Brizo supports several options for file storage, including Azure Storage, Amazon You can create your own Osmosis drivers by extending on the `osmosis-driver-interface`. - -## JavaScript & Python Drivers - -Client libraries used by applications (such as Pleuston or Jupyter notebooks) to interact with Ocean components, including Keepers, Aquarius nodes, Brizo nodes, etc. - -![How Squid is Used](images/ocean-squid-ecosystem.png) - - - - - -## Commons Marketplace - -An online example marketplace/publisher for consumers to explore, download, and publish open data sets in the [Pacific Network](/concepts/pacific-network/). Implemented using [React](https://reactjs.org/) and [squid-js](https://github.com/oceanprotocol/squid-js). - -For more information, see [the blog post about Commons Marketplace](https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/the-commons-data-marketplace-c57a44288314). - - - -The Commons Marketplace is also the default frontend when running a full Ocean network locally with [Barge](/setup/quickstart/).