There's a project dedicated to that - not sure how active it has been
recently, I only have time to lurk (much like with this list).
http://www.egroups.com/group/d20-xml
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Totney-Roberts [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ogf-d20-l] D20 & Shareware
>
> Just wanted to say that I think that OGL XML encoded versions of various
> data found in the SRD (gee, how many acronyms? :> ) are well within the
> spirit of the OGL. The real issue is defining them into a sensible data
> format. After all, XML is effectively nothing more than a database format
> that stores as HTML-like text. Now if someone wants to define a format
> and
> OGL it...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Max
> Skibinsky
> Sent: 03 January 2001 09:43
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] D20 & Shareware
> << snip >>
>
> >
> > Yes. The only issue you'll have to resolve is how to comply with the
> terms
> > of the OGL which limit your ability to restrict redistribution of OGC.
>
> Ideally, I was hoping, as D20 is growing it will come to state where there
> is a community-shared
> pool of OGC data stored in open XML-based formats. Various software
> developers may provide different
> interfaces/applications to process or display that data sharing same
> formats
> and open interfaces.
> For example you can get NPC & NPC Treasure generator from vendor A, then
> plug-in NPC Treasure
> generator from vendor B. Vendor A NPC will appear with Vendor B treasures,
> which could be loaded by
> handheld software from Vendor C to help during the playtime, or displayed
> on
> the PC using software
> from vendor D, etc... This could lead to very interesting development in
> computer-assisted table
> RPG, where every DM basically can configure his own RPG-system using
> various
> available computer OGC
> resources / modules without committing to formats and proprietary
> decisions
> from a single software
> vendor...
>
> - Max
>
