>From: Shawn Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Greetings, all.
>
>First, what sort of timeline is projected for the
>SRD to be released under the open gaming license?
>Will it be within months, years, etc?
Initially, April-June 2000. Now, who knows.
>Second, are the charts in the SRD going to be released
>in some form of computer-readable form? That is, for
>d20 computer utilities. It would be incredible if
>all of the monsters, spells, etc, were available in
>XML format for computer programs that want
>to generate encounters and dungeons and things.
No. The OGL is not realy suited for software design. It IS possible to
write software from it, though. There have been no indications that the SRD
will be released in any form other than HTML.
Rest assured, however, that it will be available in MANY different formats
(likely including XML) within a week after the SRD is officially released.
>Oh -- also. These sound like FAQs, but I'm
>unaware of a FAQ that answers them. Am I missing
>something?
If you have seen the FAQs at:
http://www.earth1066.com/D20FAQ.htm
http://home.nycap.rr.com/steelstone/OGF_FAQ.htm
Then you have seen most of the FAQs. The answers to your questions however,
boil down into "it depends" which make them really unsuitable for a FAQ.
Faust
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