Re: Game 939 - Questions and Feature Requests.

[Jon Davis <davisje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin Plummer wrote:

>>XML:
>>
>>I had put together a DTD about four years ago, but it became obsolete
>>quickly.  A Schema file would be preferred for the current version.
>>
>>Your suggestions are welcome.  The issue for a XML file format change
>>is compatibility from the two versions of the file for the server and
>>the clients. 
>>    
>>
>
>I'm generating a quick XSD based on the turn files that I have so far
>received....
>
>The worst offenders in the XML both have the same issue...
>  DamageControl (ids attribute)
>  FireControl (slavedWeapons attribute)
>
>  Both should probably be a sequence of elements
>
>  eg
>    <DamageControl>
>       <System id="5"/>
>       <System id="6"/>
>    </DamageControl>
>
>  instead of
>    <DamageControl ids="5,6"/>
>
>Theres also quite a lot of elements that could be combined since they occur
>together (eg xSSD and ySSD), or elements with attributes that could just be
>attributes (eg many GameOptions children)
>
>If I send this XSD out, is it going to be of use to you?  (obviously it's
>not complete, due to only a limited data set to write it from on my part)
>
>  
>

Thank you.  Yes, it will be of use to the project. Send it to me directly.