Data Formats Working Group

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Timeline

• 2007-12-31 agree on v1.0 format
• 2008-01-01 start implementing v1 at facilities
• 2008-06 representative sampling of data available for inter-facility comparison
• 2008-10 presentation of results at NOBUGS2008 meeting (date TBA)

Current Definition

XML template

<SASroot version="0.1a">
  <SASentry>
    <Title></Title>
    <Run></Run>
    <SASdata>
      <Idata>
        <Q units="1/A"></Q>
        <I units="1/cm"></I>
        <Qdev units="1/A"></Qdev>
        <Idev units="1/cm"></Idev>
        <Qfwhm units="1/A"><!--  Qfwhm is optional  --></Qfwhm>
        <Qmean units="1/A"><!--  Qmean is optional  --></Qmean>
        <ShadowFactor units="1/A"><!--  ShadowFactor is optional  --></ShadowFactor>
      </Idata>
    </SASdata>
    <SASsample></SASsample>
    <SASinstrument>
      <SASsource></SASsource>
      <SAScollimation></SAScollimation>
      <SASdetector></SASdetector>
    </SASinstrument>
    <SASprocess></SASprocess>
    <SASnote></SASnote>
  </SASentry>
</SASroot>

XML Schema

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
	targetNamespace="http://www.smallangles.net/cansas1d"
	xmlns:tns="http://www.smallangles.net/cansas1d"
	elementFormDefault="qualified">

	<complexType name="SASrootType">
		<sequence>
			<element name="SASentry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"
				type="tns:SASentryType">
			</element>
		</sequence>
		<attribute name="version" type="string" />
	</complexType>

	<complexType name="SASentryType">
		<sequence>
			<element name="Title" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="string">
			</element>
			<element name="Run" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="string">
			</element>
			<element name="SASdata" type="tns:SASdataType"></element>
			<element name="SASsample" />
			<element name="SASinstrument" />
			<element name="SASprocess" />
			<element name="SASnote" />
		</sequence>
		<attribute name="name" type="string" />
	</complexType>

	<complexType name="SASdataType">
		<sequence>
			<element name="Idata" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"
				type="tns:IdataType" />
		</sequence>
		<attribute name="name" type="string" />
	</complexType>

	<complexType name="IdataType">
		<sequence>
			<element name="Q" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="I" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="Qdev" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="Idev" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="Qfwhm" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="Qmean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
			<element name="ShadowFactor" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"
				type="float">
			</element>
		</sequence>
	</complexType>


	<element name="SASroot" type="tns:SASrootType" />

</schema>

XML example

to be defined

Members

• Andrew Jackson (NIST)
• Pete Jemian (APS)
• Steve King (ISIS)
• Ken Littrell (ORNL)
• Andy Nelson (ANSTO)
• Ron Ghosh (ILL)
• Jan Ilavsky (APS)

News/Status

--Jemian 12:00, 14 December 2007 (EST)draft status updated