Data Pipeline Interactive Simulation Using XML

Abstract

Enhancing software that is efficient, flexible, reusable and easy to work which is a hard task for simulation developers. In this paper we propose the use of XML and its related tools (e.g. JAXB, XQuery, XSLT, and Native XML Database) for the implementation of a technology unified data pipeline targeted to interactive simulation. We introduce a technology-independent conceptual data model as the basis for every simulation framework. We show that XML is a well suited technology to be used in that context. We propose a data modeling methodology that takes its roots from Model-Driven Engineering (MDE). We would be showing a sample implementation that uses XML for transmitting data over the entire simulation loop.