doc-status.h

/*\section status Current Status
* The Library is moving along beta stage. The interface has been changed to
* a better design, especially for the scattering/diffraction class. The RefinableObj
* is also being improved to be more 'generic' and easier to use with varied algorithms.
*\par Spacegroup
*  Thanks to the sglite package, all SpaceGroup can be recognized from their symbol. 
* An AsymmetricUnit is also generated for each spacegroup (actually it is a parallelepipedic
* approximation). Only 3D spacegroup are allowed.
* We will eventually (that is, when I find time... at the autumn 2001, move
* to the <a href="http://cctbx.sourceforge.net/"> cctbx library </a>
*\par Crystal
* For a Crystal, definition of spacegroup and adding of various types of scatterers 
* are working. Dynamical occupancy correction 
* for global optimizations has been implemeted  (to correct overlap of identical
* atoms due to sharing of corner atoms in polyhedra, or due to symmetry). An anti-bump
* cost function (simple) is also implemented, and also enables atoms to merge continuously.
* An output to povray file is provided, as well as an OpenGL display of the cystal structure
* (only tested using Mesa under linux, with glut). Most important lacking features are
* saving structure to CIF files.
*\par Scatterer
*  Various type of Scatterer are provided : simple Atom but also ZScatterer, using a
* Z-Matrix Description, and derived form it are ZPolyedron (tetrahedron...icosahedron..).
* other types of scatterer can easily be added. So far the scattering power and thermic
* factor must be isotropic. Scattering factors for X-Rays (Thomson using the interpolated
* values and resonant (anomalous using either Sasaki or Henke tables) and neutrons are
* provided.
*\par ScatteringData
*  PowderPattern is the most developped class and its support is sufficient
* for most Global Optimization work. DiffractionDataSingleCrystal is less being worked on,
* but it can be used provided that the data has been corrected and merged beforehand.
*\par Global optimization 
*  GlobalOptimObj provides an algorithm for the so-called 'ab initio' structure determination
* from diffraction data using either a simulated annealing or a parallel tempering
* algorithm. Genetic algorithm may be added later.
*\par Least Squares
*  LSQObjNum class provides a rough least squares support, but it is definitely not
* the purpose (as of yet, at least) of this library. The most important lack is
* that numerical derivatives are systematicllay used. I wrote this only for testing
* purposes and have not sed it for some time, so try it at your own risk !
*\par Graphical user interface
*  Most objects have a graphical counterpart, which has been created using the
* <a href="http://www.wxWindows.org"> wxWindows</a> (linux,unix,windows,mac,...)
* library. The result is the 
* <a href="http://objcryst.sourceforge.net"> Fox program</a>, but the GUI
* interface can be used for any other purpose. It is of course possible
* to use ObjCryst++ without the wxObjCryst part.
*/