Iodide (software for exchange of data visualization)

2019: Output of the tool

In March, 2019 Mozilla released the open web tool for creation and exchange of data visualization. The project under the name Iodide by the time of the announcement is at an alpha testing stage, and its source codes are laid out on the GitHub portal.^[1]

Data visualization finds broad application in scientific and  statistical  investigations (in particular, in forecasting,  intelligent data analysis,  the business analysis), in  pedagogical design  for training and testing, in news reports and state-of-the-art reviews. Through Iodide engineers and scientists will be able to create interactive documents and also to exchange them on the Internet.

Mozilla released the open web tool for creation and exchange of data visualization

For the last ten years interest in scientific calculations and intellectual data processing, i.e. in use of calculations for the answer to questions and data analysis increased in natural and social sciences — the technology expert of work with data of Mozilla Brendan Kolloran says. — For satisfaction of these requirements there is a revival of programming languages, tools and methods which help scientists and researchers to study and understand data and scientific concepts and also to announce the outputs. But today very few tools are directed to helping scientists to receive not filtered access to all communication potential of modern web browsers.

In Iodide users fill out pages with the content and use tools for change of the contribution to the project.

After the work is completed and published, the reference to the interactive page can be given ​​ to any user. Libraries are loaded through a HTTP request, and calculations are executed in the browser together with the presentation that eliminates need of a call of a server command for other process and opens an opportunity for three-dimensional visualization.^[2]

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