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Subject: Fwd: National Weather Service Digital Forecast Markup Language Review
Please check out http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ndfd/ >Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:49:11 -0500 >From: "john.schattel" <john.schattel@noaa.gov> >Organization: DOC/NOAA/NWS - National Weather Service >X-Sender: "john.schattel" <john.schattel@ssmcmail.nems.noaa.gov> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-CCK-MCD NWS-base-1.0 (Windows NT 5.0; U) >X-Accept-Language: en >To: echristi@usgs.gov, ddnebert@usgs.gov, warnock@awcubed.com, > jfaerts@lasd.org, Rondon.Andrade@uol.com.br, rob@socialchange.net.au, > acb@incident.com, bourgenc@BATTELLE.ORG, Jack.Fox@fema.net, > GillK@OJP.USDOJ.GOV, hamg@BATTELLE.ORG, bmiller@usgs.gov, > Deborah.Moradi1@dhs.gov, creed@opengis.org, Martin.Smith@DHS.GOV, > Donald Britton <Donald.Britton@noaa.gov> >CC: Matthew Peroutka <Matthew.Peroutka@noaa.gov>, > Robert Bunge <Robert.Bunge@noaa.gov> >Subject: National Weather Service Digital Forecast Markup Language Review >X-Spam-Score: -1004.4 () >NOSPAM_INC,SPAM_PHRASE_03_05,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_XM,USER_IN_WHITELIST,USER_IN_WHITELIST_TO,WEATHER_PS,X_ACCEPT_LANG >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.30 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) >X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release >5.0.12HF345 | August > 14, 2003) at 01/07/2004 01:50:18 PM, > Serialize by POP3 Server on gsvaresm03/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release > 5.0.12HF345 > | August 14, 2003) at 01/07/2004 05:01:14 PM, > Serialize complete at 01/07/2004 05:01:14 PM > >Hello All, > >I would like to invite you to review and comment on a new markup language >we are developing in the National Weather Service. This markup language >is being designed to share our National Digital Weather Forecast Database >data with internet users and developers. I have listed below the >documents that layout the language specification. > * > A <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/XML/Design/MDL_XML_Design.ppt>PowerPoint > presentation discussing the purpose of the our new markup language and > its elements and attributes. > * A <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/XML/Design/MDL_XML_Design.doc>Word > document laying out a more detailed specification of the new language. > * The markup > language <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/XML/DWMLgen/schema/DWML.xsd>schema . > * A > proof-of-concept <http://webdev1.weather.gov/john_s/DWML_soap.htm>SOAP > Service . >Having described how we hope you can help us, let me now provide a little >background regarding this e-mail. For those who don't know me, I'm a >software developer at the Meteorological Development Laboratory, which is >part of the National Weather Service. We are trying to better leverage >our recently created <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ndfd/>National Digital >Forecast Database by making user selected pieces of it available in XML >over the internet. To that end, we have developed a draft specification >for a new markup language. The specification recently underwent an >interval review at which it was decided that we needed technical input on >the adequacy of the language's data model from individuals with >considerable XML expertise. Our Director of Internet Services, Bob Bunge, >assisted by Eliot Christian, has since provided me your name as someone >who is not only well steeped in XML but also might be willing to give us >feedback on our draft markup language. > >If you are willing to help further our XML development efforts, we would >very much appreciate your thoughts on the following questions and any >other issues you think appropriate? > * Is the data model something web applications developers will embrace? > * Does the data model support extension as additional elements are added? > * Does the schema provide an appropriate level of constraint on > element/attribute order and value? > * Will the format and content of the specification in the Word > document meet the needs of web application developers? >If you have questions on the language specification, schema, or SOAP >service, please feel free let me know by e-mail or by calling me at (301) >713-0056 x111. And in advance, let me thank you for sharing your valuable >time and expertise with us as we develop our Digital Forecast Markup Language. > >Regards, > >John
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