[kepler-dev] Global access of a value among all workflow actors?

[Timothy McPhillips]

Hi Tristan,

The STELLA modeling system (http://www.iseesystems.com/softwares/ 
Education/StellaSoftware.aspx) provides "ghosts" to support a feature  
similar to the one you describe.  In Stella any component in a model  
may be "ghosted" such that a copy of the component appears to be in  
two or more places at once.  Images of the duplicates are somewhat  
faded to help distinguish the real components from their ghosts.   
Connections to ghosts are equivalent to connections to the original  
component.  This can dramatically simplify the appearance of complex  
models.  You can see an image illustrating ghosts at http:// 
www.iseesystems.com/community/support/documentation/images/5-7.gif.   
You also can download a trial version of Stella from the first URL.

Cheers,

Tim

On Mar 2, 2006, at 9:36 PM, Tristan King wrote:

> One idea i've been thinking of is something like a relation, but  
> have an
> invisible link between a pair (or a set) of relations, like a
> underground tunnel in the workflow, so Tokens can go in one end of the
> tunnel, and come out on the other side of the workflow without
> cluttering it up. it should be easy to visually indicate which  
> relations
> are connected using a numbering system of colors or something else.
>
> I will start working on a proof of concept for this method soon.
> what do you think?
>
> -Tristan