Thanks for the link to the related topic Jon. I'm interested to hear what Martin says.
SS On 9/1/07, Jonathan Aquino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another simple data format (comparable to YAML) is JSON - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Json > > Jon > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sunburned Surveyor > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 5:31 PM > To: List for discussion of JPP development and use. > Subject: Re: [JPP-Devel] Example of YAML for geospatial data > > YAML looks very clean. A lot cleaner than the corresponding XML. Very > interesting. > > It looks like there is also an open source parser for YAML written in Java: > > http://jyaml.sourceforge.net/ > > What do you think Martin? Is YAML a better option than GML? > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > On 8/30/07, Martin Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for grins, I coded up a simple example of YAML for tabular > > geospatial data. > > > > Seems like this might be another direction to go in. YAML has solved > > a lot of the tricky little issues you get into when serializing data > > to a text format. > > > > The one thing they don't have AFAICS is a way of encoding "out-of-band" > > attributes on data elements. This would make it ugly to provide > > metadata items like a fid or particularly a SRID. But there may be > > simple conventions which would work around this. > > > > I was pleased to see that YAML allows you to express element datatypes > > inline (which makes a nice way of supporting WKT and WKB in the same > > schema) > > > > > > -- > > Martin Davis > > Senior Technical Architect > > Refractions Research, Inc. > > (250) 383-3022 > > > > > > # YAML example for tabular geospatial data > > --- !!cities > > > > - !!city > > # Notice the use of a wkt datatype. wkb could be supported as well > > geometry: !!wkt POINT( 1008983.125 455516.906 0.0 ) > > fcode: AR08750000 > > name: Tofino > > pop2000: 1540 > > > > - !!city > > geometry: !!wkt POINT( 1024338.125 1028831.0 0.0 ) > > fcode: AR08750000 > > name: Victoria > > pop2000: 350000 > > > > - !!city > > # Large geometries can be handled over multiple lines > > geometry: !!wkt | > > POLYGON (( > > 1168880.5 375965.906 0, > > 1036351 441199.656 0, > > 1008983.125 455516.906 0, > > 595521.313 933632.438 0, > > 592512 980219 0, > > 563199.813 1643181.25 0, > > 1190712.5 1540146.375 0, > > 1790964.875 637044.375 0, > > 1798382 584774.375 0, > > 1789736.125 559290.188 0, > > 1691089.875 500872.719 0, > > 1180498 376722 0, > > 1168880.5 375965.906 0 > > )) > > fcode: AR08750000 > > name: Vancouver > > pop2000: 2000000 > > > > ... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
