The Accelerator Markup Language and the Universal Accelerator Parser

Conference · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:955579

Sagan, David; Forster, M; Bates, D; Wolski, A; Schmidt, F; Walker, N J; Larrieu, Theodore; Roblin, Yves; Pelaia, T; Tenenbaum, P; Woodley, M; Reiche, S

A major obstacle to collaboration on accelerator projects has been the sharing of lattice description files between modeling codes. To address this problem, a lattice description format called Accelerator Markup Language (AML) has been created. AML is based upon the standard eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format; this provides the flexibility for AML to be easily extended to satisfy changing requirements. In conjunction with AML, a software library, called the Universal Accelerator Parser (UAP), is being developed to speed the integration of AML into any program. The UAP is structured to make it relatively straightforward (by giving appropriate specifications) to read and write lattice files in any format. This will allow programs that use the UAP code to read a variety of different file formats. Additionally this will greatly simplify conversion of files from one format to another. Currently, besides AML, the UAP supports the MAD lattice format.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 955579
• Report Number(s): JLAB-ACC-06-476; DOE/ER/40150-4037
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English