The publication of interactive 3D-data

摘要

3D data exhibit highest relevance in all scientific fields. They are analyzed and treated with proprietary software at the site of production. However, these data are still mutilated into dead 2D-projections or at best into dead perspective snap-shots in conventional (electronic) publications, whereupon all 3D-information is lost. Published data cannot be scrutinized, analyzed, or reinterpreted. The proprietary 3D-data of hopefully all major brands of high-tech equipment shall be converted to a common exchange format and stored and held out by the publishing medium for data-interactive use. Right now VRML is the broadest generally accepted exchange format for import to proprietary on-site software, as long as platform-independent analyzing 3D-viewers are lacking. Thus, the international data exchange will be reached and real data mining will be granted to future generations. We demonstrate the feasibility with regularly published supermicroscopic surface data (3D) that were obtained with high-tech instruments from different vendors. State of the art publications and journals must provide access to 3D-data for data-interaction.