The Research On Application Of XML In Industrial Configuration Software

An overview of the development of markup language and the status of XML (extensible Markup Language) are given in this article firstly. Then the thought of XML application in the Industrial Configuration Software is addressed. Then the article gives a brief account of the related standards of XML, such as DTD (Document Type Definition), Schema, XSL (extensible Stylesheet Language) and XLL (XML Link Language). UML (Unified Modeling Language) is used in describing the software model in a standard graphic way. XML can server as an exchange format of UML document. With UXP, developers can exchange the software model information in the development team or over the Internet, and the software design document can be reused. The database technology is a key in the Industrial Configuration domain. The analyses of the relationship of XML and database system and the introduction of XML database product are provided in this article. The methods of transforming data between XML document and the database are presented. With the project 揅ESCOM2000?,a three-ties structure based on XML is described in the article. It utilizes the thin-client. As an application of XML, ICML (Industrial Markup Language) is presented in this article. Because it is XML-based, ICML can be used as a standard data exchange format in the Industrial domain. It can apply to the purpose of exchange data in the industrial control community. With XSL, different display can realize according to the user抯 requirement. ICML makes helps for the information construction of the enterprise. A new medium of web publishment of industrial control information, which uses XML technology, is addressed in the end c.~抰he paper. It makes the information can be shared over the Intranet/Internet.