GumTree is designed to provide a highly Integrated Scientific Experiment Environment (ISEE), allowing interaction between different components within the workbench.
Several instrument control server systems including TANGO, EPICS and SICS have been adapted to GumTree.
In a broader sense, the common base of GumTree is a generic platform which provides all the necessary infrastructure to realise the ISEE concept for the scientific instrument.
The GumTree Platform consists of an Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) application, and an application framework for handling data exchange, experiment life cycle, device control (via distributed control system e.g.
The GumTree Platform encourages developers to encapsulate the knowledge of an experiment method or procedure in the workbench.