The XML file format as a general solution for measurement data storage and exchange
Jean-Pierre Teyssier, Fabien de Groote, Markus Mayer, Peter Schlemko, Andrej Rumantsev, Viktar Khutko, Roland Gesche, Ralf Doerner · 2007
Based on the open-standard XML language, a file format devoted to measurement data is described. A draft of the file format scheme is established and a set of general rules are proposed for its sanity and its evolutions. A plan for the future in terms of support and moderation of the file format is given. Finally, we expose our ideas about some generic applications for data plotting and processing, and about the links with a database engine for the storage of huge quantities of data.