<s>
GumTree	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
scientific	O
workbench	O
for	O
performing	O
scientific	O
experiments	O
under	O
a	O
distributed	O
network	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
multi-platform	B-Operating_System
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
instrument	O
data	O
acquisition	O
,	O
online	O
or	O
offline	O
data	O
visualisation	O
and	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GumTree	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
highly	O
Integrated	O
Scientific	O
Experiment	O
Environment	O
(	O
ISEE	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
interaction	O
between	O
different	O
components	O
within	O
the	O
workbench	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
instrument	O
control	O
server	O
systems	O
including	O
TANGO	O
,	O
EPICS	O
and	O
SICS	O
have	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
GumTree	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GumTree	B-Application
was	O
first	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
small	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
project	O
to	O
fulfill	O
the	O
IT	O
requirement	O
for	O
the	O
Neutron	O
Beam	O
Instrument	O
Project	O
(	O
NBIP	O
)	O
at	O
ANSTO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
GumTree	B-Application
project	O
has	O
been	O
approved	O
to	O
go	O
open	O
source	O
for	O
international	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GumTree	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Rich	O
Client	O
Platform	O
(	O
RCP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
scientific	O
operations	O
,	O
GumTree	B-Application
extends	O
RCP	O
with	O
data	O
handling	O
framework	O
and	O
visualisation	O
toolkit	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GumTree	B-Application
platform	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adapting	O
GumTree	B-Application
on	O
a	O
particular	O
instrument	O
requires	O
special	O
customisation	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
scientific	O
workbench	O
to	O
its	O
instrument	O
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customisation	O
of	O
GumTree	B-Application
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
by	O
adding	O
new	O
plug-ins	O
to	O
the	O
existing	O
GumTree	B-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
broader	O
sense	O
,	O
the	O
common	O
base	O
of	O
GumTree	B-Application
is	O
a	O
generic	O
platform	O
which	O
provides	O
all	O
the	O
necessary	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
realise	O
the	O
ISEE	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
scientific	O
instrument	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
platform	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
GumTree	B-Application
Platform	O
,	O
is	O
built	O
and	O
modelled	O
upon	O
an	O
award-winning	O
Java	O
based	O
universal	O
platform	O
called	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GumTree	B-Application
Platform	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Rich	O
Client	O
Platform	O
(	O
RCP	O
)	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
application	O
framework	O
for	O
handling	O
data	O
exchange	O
,	O
experiment	O
life	O
cycle	O
,	O
device	O
control	O
(	O
via	O
distributed	O
control	O
system	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
developer	O
adds	O
a	O
GumTree	B-Application
workbench	O
(	O
or	O
RCP	O
based	O
GumTree	B-Application
application	O
)	O
which	O
integrates	O
all	O
services	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
GumTree	B-Application
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GumTree	B-Application
Platform	O
encourages	O
developers	O
to	O
encapsulate	O
the	O
knowledge	O
of	O
an	O
experiment	O
method	O
or	O
procedure	O
in	O
the	O
workbench	O
.	O
</s>
