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Jon
Our system will be operational in calendar year 2009 and hopefully ready to accept
information for inventory year 2008.
Tom.
>>> "Jon Dettling" <dettling@glc.org> 9/12/2006 7:37 AM >>> Tom, This is an excellent question and I wish I had a more certain answer to it. I think we would like to go in the direction of having compatibility with the XML NEI files, but at this point, I believe most states are still working with the text files and those are the easiest to produce an import/export function for, I believe. I think our priority will therefore be to provide compatibility with the NIF text files and then, if possible, to also provide compatibility with the NEI XML format. Timing will be a factor here. When do you anticipate the new system being ready on your end? For example, I?m very doubtful we?ll have XML compatibility for the upcoming 2005 data compilation, but I would say that 2008 is a possibility. The other issue that comes up is whether there is a work-around that will be easier (or cheaper) in the near-term than either your system being programmed to handle text files or RAPIDS being programmed to handle XML. Is there a tool available to convert between XML NEI data and NIF text files? For example, if you sent your XML to the EPA, could they provide you with a text version of the same data? Does anyone else have any input on this? Are others moving or considering moving to XML and would they like this as a priority in the software redevelopment? Jon ______________________ From: Tom Velalis [mailto:tom.velalis@epa.state.oh.us] Jon Ohio EPA is working with a contractor in revising the Permit/Reporting application. One of the application export requirements is an export file to EPA's NEI program, so a decision had to be made whether the export is an ASCII text file NIF or the XML NEI format. Ohio EPA is funded via an EPA grant and committed to generate XML files. Also, Ohio EPA is participating through a Governor's agreement on the RAPIDS project. So, the question that I was asked to get answer from you is, if a future RAPIDS version will accept XML NEI import files for point source inventories? Jon, please provide me with a quick answer on this question. Thanks. Tom. |