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Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan Project New File Format - XML May 3, 2005 Presented at

Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan Project New File Format - XML May 3, 2005 Presented at the GE Systems User Group Meeting By Matthew Boze, Clean Air Markets Division. Overview. Limitations of the Current File Format XML – What is it? Advantages of XML Affect on the EDR Process

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  1. Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan Project New File Format - XML May 3, 2005 Presented at the GE Systems User Group Meeting By Matthew Boze, Clean Air Markets Division

  2. Overview • Limitations of the Current File Format • XML – What is it? • Advantages of XML • Affect on the EDR Process • Benefits of the New Process • Questions

  3. Limitations of the Current File Format • ACSII text file format does not work well in a database environment • Dependent on record types and column lengths • Difficult to incorporate new program data with different reporting requirements • A reporting change for one source is required for all sources • Running out of record types

  4. XML – What is it? • Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a cross-platform, extensible, and text-based standard for representing data • Allows transmission of data in a web environment between different systems • Not based on a fixed set of elements

  5. Advantages of XML Format • Loads directly into a database • Uses tags not record types • Tags describe the data elements • Allows for easy transfer of data between EPA and user • EPA and industry accepted standard

  6. Example XML File <MonitoringPlan xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <MonitoringPlanData> <FacilityID>10</FacilityID> <ORISPL>22</ORISPL> <ConfigurationTypeCode>SINGLE</ConfigurationTypeCode> <MonitoringPlanName>Smith Single Unit</MonitoringPlanName> <MonitoringPlanComment>Single Unit 1</MonitoringPlanComment> <StartDate>2005-03-07</StartDate> </MonitoringPlanData> <MonitoringPlanConfigurationData> <StackPipeID></StackPipeID> <UnitID>SCT2</UnitID> </MonitoringPlanConfigurationData> <MonitoringLocationData> <UnitID>SCT2</UnitID> <GroundElevation>801</GroundElevation> <DuctIndicator></DuctIndicator> <BypassIndicator></BypassIndicator> <CrossAreaFlow></CrossAreaFlow> <CrossAreaStackExit>255</CrossAreaStackExit>

  7. Affect on the EDR Process • No more record types • Many optional data fields are being eliminated • XML files will be created for each data type, i.e., monitoring plan, quality assurance and certification test data, emissions • Separate XML files support the ECMPS process

  8. Benefits of the New Process • Quality assure data prior to submission • Generate one set of feedback each time data is checked • Check each data type separately • Retrieve data directly from the CAMD database

  9. Questions? • Questions and comments about the ECMPS project? Contact me at (202) 343-9211 or boze.matthew@epa.gov • For more information regarding ECMPS, including the project overview, project schedule, technical information, ECMPS outreach and informational bulletins, go to: http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/business/ecmps/index.html

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