Remote Telescope Markup Language
Encyclopedia
The Remote Telescope Markup Language (RTML) is an XML
dialect for controlling remote and/or robotic
telescope
s.
It was created by UC Berkeley
's Hands-On Universe project in 1999.
Extensible Markup Language
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
dialect for controlling remote and/or robotic
Robotic telescope
A robotic telescope is an astronomical telescope and detector system that makes observations without the intervention of a human. In astronomical disciplines, a telescope qualifies as robotic if it makes those observations without being operated by a human, even if a human has to initiate the...
telescope
Telescope
A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic radiation . The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 1600s , using glass lenses...
s.
It was created by UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
's Hands-On Universe project in 1999.
External links
- http://hou.lbl.gov/rtml/
- http://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~hessman/RTML/
- http://www.handsonuniverse.org/