Add support for Atom XML elements required by the NAESB REQ.21 ESPI standard

[dfcoffin]

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[peter279k]

Hi @dfcoffin, thanks for your reply.

Could you explain why this feature should be considered?

Thanks.

[dfcoffin]

The Green Button Standard (North American Energy Service Board (NAESB) Retail Energy Quadrant 21 (REQ.21) Energy Service Provider Interface (ESPI) which the Green Button Energy Usage Information (espi.xsd schema) and Personal Identifiable Information (customer.xsd schema) data streams require the data to be "wrapped" within an Atom Publication Protocol (RFC 4287). The use of the Atom "wrapper" creates a flat file which has the ability to demonstrate a relationship to the various espi.xsd and customer.xsd resources contained within the transmitted data streams. Sending a data stream that does NOT contain the Atom "wrapper" elements violates this requirement of the NAESB REQ.21 ESPI standard.

[peter279k]

@dfcoffin, do you have the sample XML files on this issue you explain?

[dfcoffin]

Here are a few electric energy data files, there are currently no retail customer samples:
ESPI Sample Energy Data Files.zip

[peter279k]

Hi @dfcoffin, thanks for your reply. Here are few questions about this archive file you share:

• It seems that I need to create these all XML files for different generator and it can be compatible with NAESB REQ.21 standard.

• When I evaluated the Meter_Data_12-30-2013_01-05-2014 XML file via DMD validation tool, it has some error message. The error captured picture is as follows:

My electric data XML I create on data-writer.js has not error validation result.

I think your sample file need to be updated and it can let upcoming developers follow the standard on sample files conveniently :).