File Formats II
Third file format is
- prescribed: data is encoded in some defined fashion known to more than one Gateway application/service
- Here HDF XML HTML are examples
- other file characteristics include database generated, realtime …
Gateway modules need to specify nature of their input and output files and what type of linkage of modules is allowed or even required.
- E.g. scientific notepad may allow data to be imported from the visualization service or require that it be encoded in ScienceML