The NCSA Horizon Image Data Browser: a Java Package Supporting Scientific Images

The NCSA Horizon Image Data Browser is a Java package which includes ready-to-use applets and applications as well as reusable classes for building new applications for browsing scientific images locally or over the network. We present the current status of the development of this package focusing on three general features: 1) flexible support for metadata through a schema-independent design, 2) the implementation of our metadata model to support world coordinate systems, and 3) support for use of Horizon applications within the NCSA Habanero Collaborative environment.