A uniform XML-based approach to manage data acquisition hardware devices
V. Brigljević, G. Bruno, Eric Cano, S. Cittolin, S. Erhan, D. Gigi, Frank Glege, Robert Gómez-Reino, M. Gulmini, Johannes Gutleber, C. Jacobs, Miklós Kozlovszky, H. Larsen, I. Magrans, Frans Meijers, Emilio Meschi, S. Murray, Alexander Oh, Luciano Orsini, L. Pollet · 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium. Conference Record (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37515) · 2003
A comprehensive model based on XML technologies to interface data acquisition hardware devices for configuration and control purposes is presented. The model builds upon the use of a unified syntax for describing hardware devices, configuration data, test results as well as control sequences. The integration of the model with the online software framework of the CMS experiment is under evaluation.