Prototype application for a CERN History CD-ROM

CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, based in Geneva has a fascinating history. Since its foundation in 1954, the laboratory has made many crucial discoveries in the world of science. This report details a project to develop a prototype application to bring to life some of the historical material from the initial period in CERN's history. The CERN history application created during the project allows the user to interactively search and navigate through historical material relating to the period 1950-1962, and view the data retrieved. The eventual aim of the laboratory is to produce a series of CERN Historical CD-Roms using the developed application as a sound basis. The main development constraint was platform independency, hence the decision to develop the application in Java.