Future Debrief

Rebuilding a 25-year-old maritime analysis platform for the next generation of analysts.

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What's Happening

We're rebuilding Debrief from the ground up: replacing Eclipse RCP with Python services, enabling scientists to build their own analysis tools, and introducing aggregate analysis across multiple exercises.

This site documents the journey. We're building in the open — sharing progress, problems, and decisions as they happen.

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Planning: REP File Parsing

11 Jan 2026

Building an extensible file parser for legacy Debrief formats, starting with REP.

credibility

Shipped: REP File Parsing

11 Jan 2026

REP file parsing is complete. Legacy Debrief files now transform into validated GeoJSON with line-level error reporting.

momentum

Planning: Schema Foundation

09 Jan 2026

Establishing the schema foundation for Debrief v4.x with LinkML as the single source of truth.

credibility

Shipped: Schema Foundation

09 Jan 2026

The schema foundation is complete. LinkML now generates Pydantic models, JSON Schema, and TypeScript interfaces from ...

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