Language Visualization Module for IBM Visualization Data Explorer

             

Description

  This suite of modules and macros is designed to facilitate the analysis of textual data in three dimensional space with the IBM AIX Visualization Data Explorer software package. Our intent here is not to reproduce or replace any existing modeling packages but rather to provide a highly flexible environment for constructing visual programs uniquely tailored to specific research applications.


System Requirments: IBM Visualization Data Explorer version 2.1

- TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, MODIFYING AND DISTRIBUTING -

These modules and macros are provided free as a service to the 
education and research community. No Warranty is implied. The 
Cornell Theory Center and its employees do not assume any responsibility
for data lost or damage caused as a result of these modules. The source
may be copied and modified but may not be distributed for profit
or included in any commercial software distribution without prior
written consent of the Cornell Theory Center.

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This directory hierarchy also includes code written by Amitabh Varshney
which is subject to the following legal conditions:

The source code for SURF is copyrighted by the original author and the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Permission to use, copy, 
modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for educational, 
research, and non-profit purposes is hereby granted, provided this notice, 
all the source files, and the name(s) of the original author(s) appear in 
all such copies.

BECAUSE THE CODE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. 
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Please report any bugs you find to 

                  Antonio Gonzalez-Walker
                  tonyg@tc.cornell.edu.

We will try to address your requests promptly but cannot offer any guarantee.

Files and Directories:

         README         This file
         bin            compiled outboard modules
         src            source code for modules
         macros         source code for macros
         example_nets    example networks
         test_nets      used for testing purposes
         data           example data files
         help           help files
         exp            modules still under development (may not work)
         surf           A. Varshney's molecular surface code

         outboards.mdf  module description file for outboards.

Generally, the current makefile will tell you which machine architecture
the code has already been compiled for.

Installation: the current version compiles as outboard modules which
can be loaded and run as separate executables. 

      1.   choose the makefile appropriate to your machine 
           (makefile.architecture.outboard)
      2.   create a copy of the file and name it "makefile"
      3.   edit the outboards.mdf file so that the OUTBOARD lines 
           give the correct path to your bin directory.
      4.   uncompress all .Z files in the data directory (examples)
      5.   make dx

Documentation
  
  Each module and macro will have a companion help file which is
a one or two page description with references if appropriate.

Warnings:

    When using include to select atoms, make sure there is no
    connections component in the field before Include. Include may 
    ignore some of your atoms if it gets a connections component. 
    NOTE: this is actually a feature, see the DX documentation.
    This method of selecting atoms has been largely replaced by
    the new SelectAtoms module.