Visualization Management System Approach to Visualization in Scientific Computing.

摘要

In this report, we introduce the visualization management system (ViMS), a new approach to the development of software for visualization in scientific computing (ViSC). The conceptual foundation for a ViMS is an abstract visualization model which specifies a class of geometric objects, the graphic representations of the objects and the operations on both. A ViMS implements a visualization model and provides four levels of mechanisms for developing applications. We describe ViMS requirements and a model- independent ViMS architecture. The ViMS approach presents several important opportunities for visualization standards. 5 refs., 1 fig. (ERA citation 14:004055)