>PS. Has anyone given thought to the creation of an XML standard for
>distribution of d20 character info? I mean, if a group of people produced
a
>CML (Character Meta-Language) and us programmers actually stuck to it when
>creating character-related apps, we could then reliably move character info
>between different apps (as long as the apps were all CML compliant. I know
>the Master Tools hasn't released their internal format, but that doesn't
>mean we can't have one. Who knows, if it became more widely used, they
>might include support for the CML format in future iterations. Just a
>thought. It would be nice to be able to use apps from different companies
>on the same character info and be able to share character info with others
>regardless of the app the other person prefers. This is something I've
been
>kicking around with a friend for a while. Y'all think there's a
>use/need/place for such a thing?
There's a mailing list devoted to this. It's a little quiet at the moment,
but I keep directing people to it, so hopefully it'll pick up again.
http://www.egroups.com/group/d20-xml
-Ken