A Data-Driven Framework for Web-Based Telescience and Outreach

A novel data-driven approach to distributed operations is proposed toenable remote visualization of multimedia data and control oftelescience experiments from geographically dispersed locations. Theweb-based framework leverages on Java and XML technologies to createportable code and portable data that can be accessed and run on anycommon computing platforms. To accommodate the diverse needs ofdifferent telescience experiments and users, the framework emphasizesopenness and extensibility. Users can utilize the available viewersto create their own clients according to their particularpreferences, and also upload their developed components for customdata processing, view generation, and experiment planning. The samesystem, possibly with a subset of data and tools, can be used forpublic outreach. With 3D models and simulation of the payloads, thepublic users can replay telescience experiments and conduct theirexperiments with the virtual payloads.