Software tools at the Rome CMS/ECAL Regional Center Original Research Article

The construction of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter is under way in Rome and at CERN. To this purpose, two Regional Centers were set up in both sites. In Rome, the project was entirely carried out using new software technologies such as object oriented programming, object databases, CORBA programming and Web tools. It can be regarded as a Use Case for the evaluation of the benefits of new software technologies in high energy physics. Our experience is positive and encouraging for the future.