Fig. 3

Comparison of menoci functionality with alternative software categories. The matrix of funtionality feature sets (horizontally) and software categories (vertically) depicts the authors‘ interpretation of how extensively a certain functionality is covered by tools from a given category. A golden star marks core features of a software category that are usually present to full extend in all tools of that category; a fading blue star depicts partial coverage;a hammer and wrench icon represents functionality that may be added to some tools from a category through configuration parameters; absence of an icon represents functionality that would have to be programmatically added to most systems from a software category