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Hi, > did anybody by accident think of extending the SpreadSheet with XML > data-read in capability? > For standalone applications, it wouldn't be hard to use IBM's or Sun's > XML > parser .. but I was wondering if anybody has done anything in that > direction We have been thinking about interoperability of VidAD objects with other kinds of representation. XML has been lingering in the background of our minds for quite a while, but is now a hot topic here (and most other places, given the front page XML coverage in most Java journals). Because VisAD objects (presumably FlatField) are the richest we are likely to deal with, it is logical to have VisAD-XML interoperability available first and then implement it in other forms (eg, relational database tables). It's important, though, that a VisAD-XML Java library be extensible so that a super-set of VisAD data can be represented if the need arises. Bill H has provided some useful guidelines in his email on Friday. If somebody is working on such a library, we would like to make contact. Cheers, Mal. _ _ ___ ___ http://servb.ho.bom.gov.au/~mal /\\ | ||_ ||__ _______________ 03 9669 4846/4000 /--\\ | || || | |_ /_\ |\ /| 03 9669 4128 FAX Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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