MECHML: A DRAFT XML FOR MECHANICS

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Recent advances in information technology have extended the role of the Internet from a publishing medium to an environment for mediating applications and data exchange. The lack of compatibility and interoperability in most of the scientific oriented software results in a significant loss of opportunity for cooperation between scientists and engineers. In this paper the case for creating a standard markup language for mechanics (MechML) derived from the XML (eXtensible Markup Language) will be presented. A proposed framework for the structure of such a standard will then be described. This framework presents an initial effort at developing an IT syntax for mechanics aimed at sparking further interest from the mechanics community. MechML builds on recent related developments in mathematics and materials science. It will enable the seamless exchange of information between analysis tools located across the Internet. An example is presented demonstrating the significance of this effort to the modeling, characterization and analysis of an engineering system in the context of stochastic mechanics.

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