Each notebook element appears in a sorted tree, ordered by creation time. Hierarchy defined by the users in the data model is preserved via indentation of the listed elements. Synchronous or aynchronous sharing of the notebook. Users can generate Nob archivals and graphically view MIME archivals containing Nobs. Users can navigate the tree of Nobs to view the data associated with them.
Users can search on any attribute of any notebook object.
By using boolean operators, search on combinations of objects and attributes can be performed. Users can view collected data that is automatically stored in the notebook by connecting to a visualization engine that creates a plot of the data. Plotted data can be saved to the notebook. Users connect to the visualization engine by simply clicking on a particular collected data entry or by inserting a plot in the notebook. The inserted plot will be immediately viewed by all users who have chosen to synchronously share the notebook and who have access rights to the created notebook element.