[kepler-dev] Kepler Workflows as Applets

[Daniel Higgins]

Hi All,

    I tried a simple experiment of creating some on-line web pages with 
Kepler workflows using the applet tools in Ptolemy.  See

http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~higgins/kepler/Kepler_Workflows.html 
<http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/%7Ehiggins/kepler/Kepler_Workflows.html>

This is very preliminary test example. It will only work with newer 
browsers and you must have a Java Plugin installed on your machine. A 
fast internet connection is also needed since large amount of data are 
transferred. (Although much less that is involved in actually installing 
Kepler). And even with a fast connection, there will be some delay 
before the applets appear. Some of thiese problems could be solved with 
some effort.

Overall, it is very easy to display simple Kepler workflows in an applet 
and be able to execute the workflow. One simply set the workflow moml 
file name as a parameter for the applet. Again, this is just a very 
preliminary example. Let me know if you have problems since this has 
only been tested on a few systems. (Please include OS and Browser types 
and versions/)

Thanks

Dan

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Dan Higgins
Software Developer
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
735 State St. Rm 205 
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 
805-892-2531 
higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu 
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