[Fsatom] Announcing the availability of a Fortran XML parser

[Alberto Garcia]

Dear all,

One of the goals of the FSAtom project is to enhance code 
interoperability
by the development of common file formats for data representation and
interchange, and XML has emerged as a very flexible framework for this 
kind of
effort. A variety of tools for the handling of XML documents exist in 
several
programming languages, but Fortran has been an unfortunate exception, 
until now.

I have developed a native Fortran90 XML parser, and I am making it 
freely
available. Fortran codes can now easily handle XML documents, without 
the
need for extra layers of software or intermediate files.

You can find more details about the parser, including a full
tutorial User Guide, on

http://lcdx00.wm.lc.ehu.es/ag/xml/

The parser is already being used as a tool in the area of 
pseudopotential
file format standardization. Prototype code for this "real-world" 
application
is available at

http://lcdx00.wm.lc.ehu.es/ag/xml/pseudo/

Some of the ideas on that page are directly usable in wider contexts. I
encourage those of you with Fortran codes to try the parser and 
contribute
suggestions.

	Best regards,

	Alberto


Prof. Alberto Garcia      (http://lcdx00.wm.lc.ehu.es/~wdpgaara)
Dep. Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Apartado 644, 48080 Bilbao, SPAIN
Mail: wdpgaara@lg.ehu.es; Tel: +34-946.012.490; Fax: +34-944.648.500