RTML: remote telescope markup language and you

✍ Scribed by F.V. Hessman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 322
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-6337
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-3994(200112)322:5/6<303::aid-asna303>3.0.co;2-i

✦ Synopsis

In order to coordinate the use of robotic and remotely operated telescopes in networks -like Göttingen's MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes (MONET) -a standard format for the exchange of observing requests and reports is needed. I describe the benefits of Remote Telescope Markup Language (RTML), an XML-based protocol originally developed by the Hands-On Universe Project, which is being used and further developed by several robotic telescope projects and firms.