Optical monitoring with field server toward the BIX standardization

BIX is an XML standard for the data exchange between sensed data of the information arising on the spot and database. The nutrimental components in plants are important information for the diagnosis and the cultivation control of the agricultural products. Application of mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopic and the X-ray fluorescent (XRF) spectroscopy to the simple, non-destructive, simultaneous, and rapid monitoring of the nutrient information of fresh plants is desirable as the high potential implements. The both spectroscopic methods provide substantial potential as the quantitative tools in the fields for the chemical components relating to the plant vigor. Since it is necessary to take an accurate grasp of the quality change in time and to make a suitable cultivation management for the change, we also carried on research of ldquothe development of BIX Image Broker System (BIX-IBS)rdquo and ldquothe remote monitoring of color of agricultural products for evaluating the qualityrdquo. BIX has to determine a standard not only for data acquisition and exchange but also for data storage, concentration and handling.