Definition and maintenance of a telemetry database dictionary

A method of assembling and managing a telemetry dictionary database on a host processing device having storage capabilities and a web-based interface, wherein the telemetry database dictionary is used by a core ground system, and the host processing device is communicable with other processing devices over a network via the web-based interface, the method comprising:

• receiving spreadsheet workbooks via said web-based interface from other computer devices communicable with the network, the spreadsheet workbooks comprised of telemetry data definitions;
• routing said spreadsheet workbooks to a specified directory on the host processing device;
• checking the received spreadsheet workbooks for errors, and if no errors are detected the spreadsheet workbooks are routed to another directory to await initiation of a database loading process;
• and
• initiating a remote database loading process that results in the converting and loading of error free spreadsheet workbooks into the telemetry dictionary database.

A computer based system for assembling and managing a telemetry dictionary database comprising:

• a host processing device communicable over a network with remote processing devices via a web-based interface and further communicable with a computer system upon which resides the telemetry dictionary database, the host processing device further comprising software capable of:
• receiving spreadsheet workbooks via said web-based interface from the remote processing devices over the network, the spreadsheet workbooks comprised of telemetry data definitions;
• routing said spreadsheet workbooks to a specified directory on the host processing device;
• checking the received spreadsheet workbooks for errors, and if no errors are detected routing the spreadsheet workbooks to another directory to await initiation of a database loading process;
• and
• initiating a remote database loading process on the computer system upon which resides the telemetry dictionary database that results in the converting and loading of error free spreadsheet workbooks into the telemetry dictionary database.