> yes. Allowing everyone to add non-standard properties means that > you cannot validate the files in a meaningful way anymore. > Also, I haven't really seen convincing use cases for non-standard > properties. SGF defines (more than) enough, even if some of them > are a bit underspecified ...
I've been using the C[] tag whenever I've wanted to "extend" SGF with a non-standard property. It has the great advantage that just about every SGF viewer allows viewing and editing of comments; the same cannot be said for support of some of the more exotic commands. Re: XML vs. SGF, neither is particularly easy to parse, but sgf has the market share, so I think ultimately the argument is pointless. Re: changing SGF coord syntax: does anyone seriously read or edit sgf by hand? Get yourself an sgf viewer. The only people who ever have to deal with "B[dc]" are the programmers on this list, and I'm sure we're all capable of writing "board_height-y". And, as I'm here spouting opinions, I think the bicycle shed should be painted chrome, so it looks all futuristic. Darren _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
