<s>
XSIL	B-Language
(	O
Extensible	O
Scientific	O
Interchange	O
Language	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
XML-based	O
transport	O
language	O
for	O
scientific	O
data	O
,	O
supporting	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
both	O
in-file	O
data	O
and	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
comes	O
with	O
an	O
extensible	O
Java	B-Language
object	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
's	O
elementary	O
objects	O
include	O
Param	O
(	O
arbitrary	O
association	O
between	O
a	O
keyword	O
and	O
a	O
value	O
)	O
,	O
Array	O
,	O
Table	O
(	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
column	O
headings	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
records	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Stream	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
one	O
to	O
either	O
encapsulate	O
data	O
inside	O
the	O
XSIL	B-Language
file	B-Operating_System
or	O
point	O
to	O
an	O
external	O
data	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BFD	B-Language
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
dialect	O
based	O
on	O
XSIL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
