SCXML
SCXML stands for State Chart XML : State Machine Notation for Control Abstraction. It is an XML language that provides a generic state-machine based execution environment based on
Harel statecharts.
SCXML is able to describe complex state-machines. For example, it is possible to describe notions such as sub-states, parallel states, synchronization, or concurrency, in SCXML.
Encyclopedia
SCXML stands for State Chart XML : State Machine Notation for Control Abstraction. It is an XML language that provides a generic state-machine based execution environment based on
Harel statecharts.
SCXML is able to describe complex state-machines. For example, it is possible to describe notions such as sub-states, parallel states, synchronization, or concurrency, in SCXML.
Goals
The objective of this standard is to generify state diagrams notations that are already used in other XML contexts. For example, it is expected that SCXML notations will replace the
State machines notations used in the next CCXML 2.0 version . It could also be used as a multimodal control language in the Multimodal Interaction Activity
One of the goals of this language is to make sure that the language is compatible with CCXML and that there is an easy path for existing CCXML scripts to be converted to SCXML without major changes to the programming model or document structure .
Example
Here is the state chart diagram that describes the behavior of a stopwatch:
The SCXML file describing the transitions in this diagram is :
version="1.0"
initialstate="reset">
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