Interfacing environmental simulation models and databases using XML
Interfacing environmental simulation models and databases using XML
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使用 XML 连接环境模拟模型和数据库
DOI：
10.1016/s1364-8152(03)00020-3
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
H. Koivusalo
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作者：
T. Kokkonen;A. Jolma;H. Koivusalo
通常在环境管理任务中，需要检查和探索来自多个来源的数据，使用模拟模型，制定情景，评估影响，并为决策者提供支持。在这里，我们考虑使用可扩展标记语言（XML）标准来开发数据库和仿真模型之间的信息传输技术。XML作为商定的数据传输格式的适用性进行了研究，在一个示例应用程序中，两个不同复杂度的雪模型与从关系数据库中提取的输入数据相关联。简单的案例研究表明，使用免费且易于访问的工具，在气象数据集和模拟模型之间开发XML接口相对简单。基于案例研究，一个更全面的系统，包括模型和数据资源，以及代理应用程序，作为用户和这些资源之间的中间，结构。我们相信，这种基于XML的结构是值得探索的轨道上走向开放的建模框架。这样一个框架将使各专家组开发的模型能够容易地与一个共同的信息系统连接起来。
Typically in environmental management tasks one needs to examine and explore data from several sources, use simulation models, develop scenarios, assess impacts, and provide support for decision makers. Here we consider the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) standard in developing information transfer techniques between databases and simulation models. Suitability of XML as the agreed data transfer format is studied in a sample application, where two snow models of different complexity are linked with input data extracted from a relational database. The simple case study demonstrated that with free and easily accessible tools it was relatively straightforward to develop an XML interface between a meteorological data set and simulation models. Based on the case study, a structure for a more comprehensive system comprising model and data resources, and a broker application that acts as an intermediate between the user and those resources, is presented. We believe that such an XML-based structure is worth exploring on the track towards an open modelling framework. Such a framework would allow models developed by various expert groups to connect easily to a common information system.