Extensible Markup Language as a Weather Tool

Abstract

This thesis is a proof of concept work that will extend the Core Mapping Application Program Interface (CMAPI) components to include weather data. The CMAPI project is headed by Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)/Information Directorate Information Handling Branch (IFEB) at Rome labs in Rome, New York. This work extends the CMAPI project in two distinct areas. The first goal is to figure out how to overlay and display weather data on a dynamically linked Internet platform. This was accomplished by incorporating existing data from the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) into the CMAPI program in a static environment. The other goal is to learn about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) and how it can contribute to characterizing structured data (i.e., weather data output from AFWA). Once this tool can be exploited, a dynamic interaction between the CMAPI program and all AFWA products could be developed. The overall goal is to make it easy for the system, and the application of that system, to ingest and manipulate data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383831

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Calidonna

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Domain Specific Programming Languages
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Html
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Markup Languages
  • Programming Languages
  • Web Browsers
  • Xml

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.