Java version (JDK) version 6 or later. See http://java.sun.com
Census has been developed in Java and is, therefore, operating system independent. It can be deployed on a personnel Windows desktop using a graphical user interface or onto a high performance server and run from the console making it accessible to multiple users.
Spectral file formats
MS1/MS2 files (McDonald, W.H. et al. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 18, pp2162-2168 (2004)
Download RawXtractor to generate MS1/MS2 files. RawXtractor currently supports only Thermo Fisher instruments only.
mzXML. See more information at ISB web site. There are scripts available to generate mzXML from various instrument types.