HR: 0800h
AN: S21A-0272    [Abstracts]
TI: QuakeML - An XML Schema for Seismology
AU: Wyss, A
EM: a.wyss@sed.ethz.ch
AF: Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P5, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland
AU: * Schorlemmer, D
EM: danijel@sed.ethz.ch
AF: Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P5, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland
AU: Maraini, S
EM: s.maraini@sed.ethz.ch
AF: Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P5, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland
AU: Baer, M
EM: baer@seismo.ifg.ethz.ch
AF: Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P5, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland
AU: Wiemer, S
EM: stefan@seismo.ifg.ethz.ch
AF: Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HPP P5, Zurich, 8093 Switzerland
AB: We propose an extensible format-definition for seismic data (QuakeML). Sharing data and seismic information efficiently is one of the most important issues for research and observational seismology in the future. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a variety of data. Due to its extensible definition capabilities, its wide acceptance and the existing large number of utilities and libraries for XML, a structured representation of various types of seismological data should in our opinion be developed by defining a 'QuakeML' standard. Here we present the QuakeML definitions for parameter databases and further efforts, e.g. a central QuakeML catalog database and a web portal for exchanging codes and stylesheets.
UR: http://quakeml.ethz.ch
DE: 7294 Instruments and techniques
DE: 7299 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7215 Earthquake parameters
SC: Seismology [S]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting