Input and output format (METRo)

From Documentation

All input and output files used by METRo are in XML format. The reason for choosing XML was to make the data human readable, self-documented, and, more importantly, allow us to use many available tools for manipulating the data.

Contents 1 I/O files 1.1 Input 1.2 Output 2 Specification of data formats 3 See also 4 Reference

[edit] I/O files

[edit] Input

• Atmospherical forecast
• Observation
• Station configuration

[edit] Output

• Roadcast
• Atmospherical forecast

[edit] Specification of data formats

The specifications of data formats are:

• Time zones of station
• Latitude and longitude
• Layer type
• Road condition
• Date format

[edit] See also

• Input/Output schema (METRo)

[edit] Reference

• XML standard definition of the W3C.
• XML on wikipedia

METRo I/O files

Station | Observation | Forecast | Roadcast | Configuration

METRo I/O specification

Schema | | Flowchart | Format | Date | Observation QA/QC | Road condition | Station type | Time zone | Layer type | Latitude and longitude

METRo I/O examples

Station | Observation | Forecast | Roadcast | Graphical display

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