Development of the Atomic and Molecular Data Markup Language for Internet Data Exchange

Yu. Ralchenko1), R. E. H. Clark2), D. Humbert2), D. R Schultz3), T. Kato4), Y. Rhee5)

1)NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422, USA
2)IAEA, P.O. Box 100, Wagramerstrasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
3)ORNL, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6372, USA
4)NIFS, Oroshi-cho, Toki-shi, Gifu-ken, 509-52, Japan
5)KAERI, 150 Duck-Jin-Dong, Yusong-Ku, Taejon 305-353, Korea

Accelerated development of the Internet technologies, including those relevant to the atomic and molecular physics, poses new requirements for the proper communication between computers, users and applications. To this end, a new standard for atomic and molecular data exchange that would reflect the recent achievements in this field becomes a necessity. We report here on development of the Atomic and Molecular Data Markup Language (AMDML) which is based on XML. AMDML is proposed to replace the old ALADDIN standard that has long been used for data exchange, especially in fusion applications. The present version of the AMDML Schema covers atomic spectroscopic data as well as the electron-impact and heavy-particle collisions.