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This document outlines the requirements for plugin design documentation.

Plugin Type

Plugins can generally be categorized as one of the following:

1. File Filter - A plugin that can read a data set from a stream.
2. Analysis - A plugin that performs an analysis on a data set (often producing a result data set).
3. Visualization - A plugin that creates a visualization of a data set.
4. Interactive - A plugin that is a hybrid of Analysis and Visualization types.

Data Sets

All data sets that the plugin can operate on should be listed. If a plugin operates on a super-type data set, the sub-types need not be listed. If the plugin is capable of producing data sets, these types should be listed as well.