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Subject: RE: Questions regarding MatML
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Andrew, Sorry for the delay in
reply. The short answer to your question is that when it was originally
conceived, MatML was designed to be as solution neutral as possible – the
interpretation of the data would be up to the receiving system. The OASIS Technical Committee
that is now responsible for developing MatML (http://tinyurl.com/ygtjjw ) has received
several comments such as yours, and it’s likely that a primary focus for
development of MatML in the next development phase will be the ability to hook
in a combined glossary/thesaurus, to aid common understanding of terms.
This would enable, for example, a MatML file to reference standard property
definitions from recognised authorities, or for users to define their own, and
to exchange information with other users about equivalency or otherwise of
terms. On a related note –
It would be a great help to MatML if you would be prepared to allow a member of
the MatML Committee to call you for 10-15 minutes to chat about why (or not!)
you’ve decided to use MatML, and in general terms what your plans are?
It’s important for us to understand how it is being used in real world
situations to help us figure out which bits to improve. Craig Seymour From:
Andrew Cunningham [mailto:andrew.cunningham@esi-group-na.com] Hi, I
am looking at using MatML as a format for materials data interchange. I am a
software engineer with an engineering background, not a materials expert, and
am a bit confused about how the XML defined by the schema could be used for
exchange of what I would call "simple" material data, for say an
isotropic materials. For example, "Steel" has properties of, say,
"Density", "Youngs Modulus" , "Possions Ratio". I
can see how that can be defined as specific properties in the MatML XML, but
how do I know that the another application reading the XML understands these
property names. I suppose I am suprised the MatML schema does not define sets
of "well-known" properties. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the
expected purpose of MatML? Is it more for the exchange of experimental material
data, not materials for engineering applications? The examples on the
"Examples" web page are quite complicated - I would suggest adding
some very simple materials. Andrew ---------------------- Andrew Cunningham ESI andrew.cunningham@esi-group-na.com (858) 350 0057 x105 Intl: +1-858-350 0057 Confidentiality Statement: This message is intended only for
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