MechXML

MechXML is a draft for a new language to define Multibody Systems. It is based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), the standard meta-language to data interchange. In the current version, only rigid bodies are being considered.

The advantages of a neutral, portable and standard language to define multibody systems can be summarized as follows:

1. Multibody systems can be defined in ASCII data files, easy to understand both for humans and for computers.
2. As an XML based language, the syntax rules can be set on a separate schema document publicly available in the Internet.
3. Many free tools are available to create and to parse MechXML files.
4. Multibody systems defined with MechXML can be easily interchanged between many research or development groups, allowing the easy sharing of benchmarks, examples, etc.

In this web-site, the following documents are publicly available: