Re: XML and spice

From: Insane and Lazy (insane_at_and.lazy)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:22:41 GMT

I was never on the XML bandwagon, but it does allow for a well defined
ASCII file format, and there are lots of parsers out there for it. Also,
I saw a reference on the Parametric Technology website about a public
XML DTD associated with their Pro/ENGINEER Routed Systems Designer, but I
can't find where that public specification is actually available.

> From: Stuart Brorson (sdb@cloud9.net)
> Subject: Re: XML and spice
>
> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.cad
> Date: 2004-08-29 17:17:40 PST
>
> I am curious why you are interested in XML netlists for circuit
> simulators. Do you have an application in mind which would be enabled
> or eased by using XML?
>
> Stuart
>

> From: Mantra (mymantra@yahoo.com)
> Subject: Re: XML and spice
>
> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.cad
> Date: 2004-08-29 20:17:37 PST
>
> I know of none, but it wouldn't be hard to write a SAX-based parser
> that could translate from some hypothetical, as-yet-undefined
> DTD/Schema to a "standard" SPICE netlist.
>
> MM
>
Insane And Lazy wrote:

> I saw that this question has been covered and debated many times in the
> past. Is there a version of spice (preferably free) that uses XML as
> input instead of the standard netlists?