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Environment from the Molecular Level
A NERC eScience testbed project
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MAST: Development roadmap
Version 0.8 platform comparison
| Feature |
Windows |
Linux |
Mac OS X |
Comments |
| Released |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
OS X version to work in v0.9 |
| Compression |
zlibs |
zlibs |
zlibs |
– |
| Screen Updates |
Refresh |
Refresh/update |
None |
Refresh/update in v0.9 |
| Threads |
Windows API |
Posix |
Posix |
– |
| Displaying |
SDL |
SDL |
SDL |
– |
| Share multiple apps |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes for all in v0.9 |
| View multiple apps |
No |
No |
No |
Yes for all in v0.9 |
| GUI |
MFC |
Qt3 |
None |
QT4 in v0.9 |
| AG service |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
– |
Reslease details
| Version |
v0.8 |
v0.9 |
v1.0 |
v1.1 |
Comments |
| Released |
Yes |
Part as beta |
No |
No |
– |
| Sharing/viewing multiple applications |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
| Mac OS X version |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Using QT4 mac native rather than X11 |
| Resizing windows |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
To allow for sharing with participants that have lower resolutions |
| Whiteboard/pointer |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
To allow anotation of the applications directly |
| Automatic sharing of child windows |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
So when an application has more than one window |
| RTP/MPEG4 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Transporting visual data using mpeg4 moving towards standards. Big step but will allow for sharing different types of media streams |
| Video streaming |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Streaming video as well as application data |
General references
Papers that describe the MAST application and more general collaboratie issues are:
"Collaborative tools in support of the eMinerals Virtual Organisation." MT Dove, M Calleja, R Bruin, J Wakelin, M Keegan, S Ballard, G Lewis, SM Hasan, V Alexandrov, RP Tyer, I Todorov, P Wilson, M Alfredsson, GD Price, C Chapman, W Emmerich, S Wells, A Marmier, S Parker, Z Du. Proceedings of the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2004, (ISBN 1-904425-21-6), pp 127–134, 2004
"The eMinerals collaboratory: tools and experience." MT Dove, M Calleja, R Bruin, J Wakelin, MG Tucker, GJ Lewis, SM Hasan, VN Alexandrov, M Keegan, S Ballard, RP Tyer, I Todorov, PB Wilson, M Alfredsson, GD Price, C Chapman, W Emmerich, SA Wells, A Marmier, SC Parker, Zhimei Du. Molecular Simulation 31, 329–337, 2005
"Multicast application sharing tool – Facilitating the eMinerals virtual organisation." GJ Lewis, SM Hasan, VN Alexandrov, MT Dove and M Calleja. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3516, 359–366, 2005
"Collaborative virtual environment for advanced computing". GJ Lewis, SM Hasan, VN Alexandrov. Computing and Informatics, 23, 1001–1016, 2004
