For many years, scientific data has been stored and transferred using a variety of data formats. In recent years XML has become an important and popular for exchanging digital information. At the most abstract level, XML can be used for any purpose that a binary format might be used, and vice versa. This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of XML and binary formats, and speculates on t...

International standards for lexicon formats are in preparation. To a certain extent, the proposed formats converge with prior results of standardization projects. However, their adequacy for (i) lexicon management and (ii) lexicon-driven applications have been little debated in the past, nor are they as a part of the present standardization effort. We examine these issues. IGM has developed XML...

LDV FORUM – Band 21(1) – 2006 Abstract Th is article presents UniTerm, a typical representative of terminology management systems (TMS). Th e fi rst part will highlight common characteristics of TMS and give further insight into the UniTerm entry format and database design. Practise has shown that automatic, i.e. blind exchange of terminologies is diffi cult to achieve. Th e second section give...

This document summarises Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) documents related to Accounting. A classification scheme for the Accounting Attributes in the summarised documents is presented. Exchange formats for Accounting data records are discussed, as are advantages and disadvantages of integrated versus separate record formats and transport...

In May 2005, the PREMIS Working Group released the first version of the Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report, a community consensus based preservation metadata standard. PREMIS XML schemas were also published to support the implementation. Since then, many organizations started implementing PREMIS in their repositories, during which a handful of common implementation issues s...

OBJECTIVE Risk communication tools can facilitate patients' understanding of risk information. In this novel study, we examine the hypothesis that risk communication methods tailored to individuals' preferences can increase risk comprehension. METHOD Preferences for breast cancer risk formats, and risk comprehension data were collected using an online survey from 361 women at high risk for br...