[LandXML] Re: LandXML and usage of <Feature> by each vendor
- From: "Alan Gray" <alan.gray@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <landxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:49:03 +1100
Hi all,
Certainly direct communication can help, but the matrix of all vendors having
to talk to each other is only going to get larger, and once customers become
skilled at manipulating XML files, the matrix will beyond control. It is in
each vendors interest to supply good information about their Feature data. This
will reduce the number of support queries they need to take directly. I am
pretty sure I would not want to take 100's of email questions from users about
a Feature element, when 1 document on landxml.org supplied by me spells it all
out. So having documented the intent of the usage for the Feature data is
pretty important.
Regards,
Alan
Alan Gray
Technical Director
12d Solutions Pty Ltd
PO BOX 351
Narrabeen,
Sydney, NSW 2101
Australia
(p) 61 2 9970 7117
(f) 61 2 9907 7118
alan.gray@xxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: landxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:landxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nathan Crews
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 4:31 PM
> To: 'Hugh Dixon'; landxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LandXML] Re: LandXML and usage of <Feature> by each vendor
>
>
> Hi Hugh,
>
> Well, you mentioned one of the best ways to get things
> working - direct
> communication.
>
> Richard B. really knows his stuff and set me straigt early on
> in the LandXML
> schema development. When applications get registered, we add
> that contact
> information so we can forward questions like yours to the
> right vendor.
>
> I am working on improved documentation that explains the
> details of the
> elements and attributes, but that will still not answer your
> question as too
> prefered geometry by specific applications.
>
> I can say that tried and true line, curve and spiral geometry
> has served us
> well. That is by far the most common CoordGeom data type.
> Adding support for
> IrregularLines and Chains is much like handling the Line
> elements, so it is
> pretty straight forward.
>
> We will have a draft of improved documentation by March of
> 2006. After that
> we depend on timely comments to round out the rough spots and
> fill in the
> voids.
>
> cheers,
>
> Nathan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Dixon [mailto:hugh.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:55 PM
> To: nathan.crews@xxxxxxxxxxx; landxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [LandXML] Re:LandXML and usage of <Feature> by
> each vendor
>
> Hi Nathan,
>
> There seem to have been a few emails since this, in
> particular ones from
> Alan Gray.
> As Alan has said, my problem is more with the way people
> interpret LandXML
> data, than with the actual schema documentation itself.
> The idea of a list of features supported by different vendors
> would be very
> beneficial to us, however my concern is wider than this.
>
> For example when dealing with CoordGeom elements, our software prefers
> Chains to IrregularLines. The confusion I had with the InRoads file
> involved how best to handle line work. - Breaklines,
> PlanFeatures or Chains
> all being valid options, but I had no idea which was best. -
> Breaklines was
> the answer this time -Thankyou to Richard for helping there :)
>
> You spoke about publishing feature directories on
> LandXML.org. This would
> be great, but I'd like the extra information mentioned above
> as well!!!
> Realistically, do you have a time table for when this may be
> implemented?
> I suspect you have enough other things to do though....
>
> Regards,
>
> Hugh Dixon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan Crews [mailto:nathan.crews@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 1:38 AM
> > To: Hugh Dixon; landxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [LandXML] Re: LandXML - Bentley/In Roads
> >
> > Hi Hugh,
> >
> > The good news is we are working on improving the LandXML schema
> > documentation for LandXML-1.1. This will include 1.0 and will be
> > available by April 2006. In the mean time if you have any specific
> > questions, please ask and one of us will be able to get you
> an answer.
> >
> > LandXML Registered Software
> >
> > This is one of the best practical methods we use. During
> the software
> > registration process the submitted (and required) sample
> LandXML files
> > are validated and tested in several applications. The
> results are sent
> > back to the applicant for correction or posted if no errors
> are found.
> >
> > Once registered and listed, we publish the sample LandXML
> files which
> > can then be used for testing.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nathan
>
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>
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