The Navigator, CLI, and Profile Editor provide the user with different control methods to access these components. The ASC must develop, distribute, and support a portable data analysis package to provide observers world-wide with the ability to analyze AXAF data. The architecture defines loosely coupled interfaces to facilitate customization of the environment by replacement of components. The Pipeline Controller provides a mechanism for configuring the components for automated processing and monitoring. Tools and Applications .
Tools constitute the core of the data analysis system.
For automated pipeline processing, they are configured in pipeline profiles and invoked by the pipeline controller. They can be run interactively by the user from the command line or built into simple shell scripts or user-defined pipelines. Analysis applications, are built from the basic tool-box but are provided with interactive visualization and control features to facilitate the complex operations. 3-D image and line graphic representations. Infrastructure components provide the mechanisms to connect the components to each other and to the user.