A few points, hopefully helpful, maybe flaming: > SGML
Since XML is a subset (superset?) of SGML, I think finding and incorporating an XML parser is much easier than a SGML one. > YAML I hate the idea of being whitespace dependent. Although, I haven't actually *used* YAML... I think the biggest tug of war would be between JSON and XML. I would likely lean toward JSON, since it's more compact. > Hopefully though the files will ultimately be manipulated through tools and > not > edited directly... ^.^;;; I think it's important that editing tools are more or less ironclad before making a big change. As hard as it is to learn to make and submit new/changed content, I'd hate to see it get more intimidating through adoption of new formats. Overall, I'll be sad to see a departure from the current flat files, though I acknowledge that the need for something more "standard" is legitimate. --DraugTheWhopper _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire IRC: http://crossfire.real-time.com/irc/index.html Discord: http://crossfire.real-time.com/discord/index.html Project Site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/crossfire/ Wiki: http://wiki.cross-fire.org/ Website: http://crossfire.real-time.com
