Vector and Matrix Variable Definitions in DAVE-ML

The Dynamic Aerospace Vehicle Exchange Markup Language (DAVE-ML) is a syntactical language for exchanging flight vehicle dynamic model data. It has been developed in conjunction with the ANSI/AIAA S-119-2011 Flight Dynamics Model Exchange Standard prepared by the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (AIAA) Modeling and Simulation Technical Committee (MSTC). The purpose of DAVE-ML is to provide a framework to encode entire flight vehicle simulation data packages for exchange between simulation applications and the long-term archiving of model data. This report documents an extension to DAVE-ML for managing data as vectors or n-dimensional matrices. The attributes and dependencies of the additional DAVE-ML elements are discussed, and examples of encapsulating data as vectors and matrices are provided.