The Prospect of XML Technology in Avionics Interface Control

The avionics interface control consists of engineering methods and processes to describe, deploy and manage the signals and messages in the integrated avionics system. This paper presents the extensible Makeup Language (XML) technology features and its current and potential usage in instrument management applications, then discusses the different roles of XML and database in avionics design and their co-operation methods; and their applications in the interface control documents' compilation, management and distribution.