Remote Telescope Markup Language
Encyclopedia
The Remote Telescope Markup Language (RTML) is an XML
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...

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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/
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