From: rasure@borris.eece.unm.edu (John Rasure)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.khoros
Subject: Khoros Status and Plans for 2.0 ......
Date: 31 Jul 92 17:47:12 GMT


Below is the short presentation that was given at the Khoros meeting
held at SIGGRAPH.  I thought that it might be of general interest.

John



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        Khoros 2.0 Plans and Status Report

		Tom Sauer
		Consortium Director
		Khoros Group

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USER SURVEY
	*  Estimate 10,000 Users
	*  Sun (50%), SGI (15%), DEC, HP, IBM, Cray, NeXT, PC's, Convex
	   Alliant, Omron
	*  Considered a High Quality and Well Supported Product
	*  Education (49%), Commercial (31%), Government (20%)

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KHOROS CONSORTIUM
	*  Technology Based, NOT a Marketing Tool
	*  Five Members in Nine Months
	*  Determine Technical Direction
	*  Redistribution Rights

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Khoros Release 1 Version 0
	*  Released May 91, Patch Five Released March 92
	*  User Support and Community Interaction 
	   (comp.soft-sys.khoros or khoros@chama.eece.unm.edu)
	*  Software Development Environment with Emphasis on Image
	   Processing

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HOW is Khoros 1.0 BEING USED?
	*  Image Processing: remote sensing, GIS, medical imaging,
	   OCR, teaching
	*  Visualization: medical, geophysical, meteorology, plotting
	   2D and 3D data
	*  Software Development: remote sensing, medical, image 
	   analysis, geometry visualization

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WHAT COMMUNITY WANTS OUT OF KHOROS 2.0
	*  Huge Data Set Processing and Visualization
	*  Distributed Computing
	*  Data Object and Data Services (API)
	*  Geometry Visualization
	*  Collaboration Technology

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WHAT COMMUNITY WANTS OUT OF KHOROS 2.0
	*  Improved Visual Development Environment
	*  MOTIF, OLIT, Athena Widget Support
	*  High-Level Application Programming Toolkits


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		K H O R O S  2.0

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR UNIX AND X WINDOWS


	--------------------------
	|     KHOROS  VDE        |
	-------------------      |
	|     X Windows   |      |
	--------------------------
	|     UNIX               |
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KHOROS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
	* Visual Development Environment: Integrated Direct 
	  Manipulation Tools for Program Writing and Maintenance
	* Programming Toolkits: High Level Libraries and Widgets
	* Sample Toolboxes: Application Sets

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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
	* cantata:   Data Flow Visual Programming
	* composer:  GUI Builder 
	* craftsman: Source Configuration and Maintenance of
	  Toolboxes
	
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PROGRAMMING TOOLKITS
	*  GUI:  Abstract Widget Library, Forms, Utils
	*  CLUI: Three Mode Command Line Parsing
	*  Visualization:  Image Display, Data Plotting, Geometry
	   Rendering+
	*  Phantom:  Distributed Computing, Data Services, UNIX
	   Meta-System
	*  CMS:  Configuration Management and Tool Integration

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SAMPLE TOOLBOXES
	* Data Visualization
	* Geometry Visualization+
	* Image Processing
	* Remote Sensing
	* Signal Processing
	* Numerical Analysis
	* Format Conversion

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SUMMARY
	*  Khoros 1.0 is Tremendously Successful
	*  Open System Supported by Consortium
	*  New Directions for Khoros 2.0