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| 11 | <sect2 id="sect.Geom.GDML"> |
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| 12 | <title> |
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| 13 | Importing XML Models Using GDML |
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| 14 | </title> |
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| 16 | <para> |
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| 17 | Geometry Description Markup Language (<ulink url="http://cern.ch/gdml/">GDML</ulink>) |
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| 18 | is a markup language based on XML and suited for the description of detector |
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| 19 | geometry models. It allows for easy exchange of geometry data in a |
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| 20 | <emphasis>human-readable</emphasis> XML-based description and structured |
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| 21 | formatting. |
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| 22 | </para> |
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| 23 | <para> |
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| 24 | The GDML parser is component of Geant4 which can be built |
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| 25 | and installed as an optional choice. It allows for importing and |
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| 26 | exporting GDML files, following the schema specified in the |
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| 27 | <ulink url="http://cern.ch/gdml/doc/GDMLmanual.pdf">GDML documentation</ulink>. |
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| 28 | The installation of the plugin is optional and requires the installation of the |
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| 29 | <ulink url="http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/">XercesC</ulink> DOM parser. |
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| 30 | </para> |
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| 31 | <para> |
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| 32 | Examples of how to import and export a detector description model based on |
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| 33 | <ulink url="http://cern.ch/gdml/"><emphasis role="bold">GDML</emphasis></ulink>, |
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| 34 | and also how to extend the GDML schema, are provided and can be found in |
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| 35 | <literal>examples/extended/persistency/gdml</literal>. |
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| 36 | </para> |
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| 38 | </sect2> |
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