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Office of Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data Dissemination of Databases over Computer Networks |
Office of Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data Division Contact: Robert Dragoset Dissemination of Databases over Computer Networks We produce Physics
Laboratory material for publication on the web, encourage and support
the production of material by others, and assure the high quality of information
disseminated by the Physics Laboratory over electronic networks. In addition,
we develop methods to display information generated within the laboratory
in an effective manner on the web. We also work with the Physics Laboratory
divisions and Standard Reference Data staff in developing physical reference
databases for dissemination on the web. We design effective interfaces
between the information and the user to facilitate use of the data. Many
databases are available already and may be accessed from the Physics Laboratory
home page under Physical Reference Data (or http://physics.nist.gov/data),
and a number of other databases are being developed for use on the web.
Contact: Robert Dragoset Encoding Measurement Units and Uncertainty in XML Datatypes We work to promote
compatibility and integration in the dissemination of non-product-specific
information required by U.S. industry. We seek to make scientific, engineering,
technical, codes/standards, and related regulatory information available
to U.S. industry in a usable, accessible, unified manner. To this end,
we, in collaboration with staff of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
are developing an extension to the XML (Extensible Markup Language) Schema
for encoding measurement units and uncertainty into the numeric datatype.
This extension will allow for the unambiguous exchange of numerical data
over the web. We also will create an extensive repository of detailed
units and dimensionality information to be maintained at NIST for access
by XML schema designers. Contact: Robert Dragoset
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created:May 6, 2002 |