Project 1. Java Enabled Diagram Technology (2000-2003)

XML Document to Application Pathway The eXtended markup language (XML) is a metalanguage -- that is, a language for describing other languages -- that allows people and computers to search for and exchange scientific, engineering and business data/information. Figure 1. XML Document to Java Application Processing Pathway Phase 1. Explore feasibility of XML to Java Applet Pathway (Sep't 1999 - August 2000) Design XML vocabulary, tag set structure for markup of diagrams and diagram pathways, and XML-to-Java source code compiler. Figure 2. XML to Java Applet Pathway Phase 2. Develop Platform-Independent Diagram Editor (June, 2001 -- present) Create a click-and-drop editor for development of "Collections of Java-Enabled Diagrams." knowledge capture for systems engineering is enabled through: Diagram annotation features, Links to heterogenous data and information sources on the web, and File and database storage. Figure 3. Tools and Technologies for Knowledge Capture in Systems Engineering We are currently working on the right-hand side of this diagram. Future versions of the editor will import of XML representations of diagrams, requirements, and systems stored in commerical databases (e.g., Oracle).

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