diffusion-study.idop
Interactive scientific paper
A paper whose figures are live: readers change a parameter and the model in the paper recomputes, from the code and data that ship with it.
Solutions · Research
Results readers can explore, not just read.
A figure in a paper is one view of a model. An IDOP document can carry the model, the data and the code that produced the figure, so that a reader can change a parameter and see what follows — without installing the authors’ environment.
§ 01The problem
What tends to go wrong today.
- Supplementary code is hard to run years later; the environment it needed is gone.
- Interactive figures are published on websites that are not archived with the paper.
- Readers cannot check how sensitive a result is to the assumptions behind it.
§ 02Where IDOP fits
What the format changes.
Model and narrative together
Text, figures and the computation behind them in one versioned file.
Durable by design
A published, open specification; no server needed to open the document.
Safe to open
Readers can open a document from an unknown author without granting it anything.
§ 03Honestly
What exists today — and what does not.
Available today
- The format and IDOP Cloud, suitable for small models and datasets within the format’s limits
Not yet
- Citation metadata and persistent identifiers for documents (research)
- Publisher signatures to verify authorship (research; reserved in the format)
§ 04Examples
Documents of this kind.
survey-explorer.idop
Data exploration tool
A dataset with its own filters and views, so the reader explores the data rather than a screenshot of it.
beam-deflection.idop
Engineering simulation
A small simulation — a beam under load, a circuit, a heat exchanger — that a colleague can open and operate without installing the tool it was built in.
q3-operations.idop
Analytics dashboard
A dashboard that carries a snapshot of its data, so it can be emailed, archived and reopened years later — or, with permission, refreshed from a declared source.
Open your first IDOP document
IDOP Cloud runs in the browser. Start from a template, open a file you were sent, or keep your own — no installation, and no account needed just to open a document.