title: Lessons in scientific data interoperability: XML and the eMinerals project.
abstract: A collaborative environmental eScience project produces a broad range of data, notable as much for its diversity, in source and format, as its quantity. We find that extensible markup language (XML) and associated technologies are invaluable in managing this deluge of data. We describe F<span style='font-size:xx-small;'>o</span> X, a toolkit for allowing Fortran codes to read and write XML, thus allowing existing scientific tools to be easily re-used in an XML-centric workflow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK.
authors.forename: T O H
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Bruin
authors.forename: G-T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Tyer
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000639:trends*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends*; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000639:trends*; D020407:Internet; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals