A Generic Particle IO Library :http://www.cnblogs.com/Jedimaster/archive/2011/01/01/1917668.html
Maya API + inherited nodes + connectionMade = boom:http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1648
Cortex:http://cortex-vfx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/test/IECoreMaya/
cgkit:http://cgkit.sourceforge.net/
cortex vfx install on Ubuntu 10.04:http://www.hodge.net.au/sam/blog/?p=221
http://www.hodge.net.au/sam/blog/
vfxtalk: http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/maya-particles-multi-caching-t29636.html