... I think many of the points you've mentioned in your post are being addressed -- hopefully reasonably and correctly -- in the work I've been doing. I think...
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dajacques
May 6, 2002 5:18 pm
... This is how I've been doing this as well, and the distinction was exactly why I started using multiple schemas and eventually, namespaces. The character...
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dajacques
May 6, 2002 5:12 pm
... This is another problem that I've been grappling with: do you put the modifiers with the trait that is doing the modifying or do you put the modifier with...
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Mynex
mynex2k1
May 6, 2002 4:43 pm
Forgot the damn attachment... one of those days... sigh.. Oh, and the overall intention is to make the pcg file completely 100% self sufficient... so if...
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Mynex
mynex2k1
May 6, 2002 4:40 pm
Soon... as in the next few months soon, it's going to be easier to 'down level' a character in PCGen... Kinson (One of the Code Monkeys) has been working on...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 6, 2002 4:38 pm
... That sounds like a problem no matter how you try it -- a business-level decision rather than a technical one. ... That's pretty much what I had in mind....
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Scott Boland
sboland85
May 6, 2002 4:01 pm
I've been looking at the XML schema stuff too, and I have a few problems with what is being currently discussed here. ... For storing a character, this makes...
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dajacques
May 6, 2002 1:49 pm
... All - Long time listener, first time caller. I'm happy to see someone throw something more substantive out there. I haven't touched pcgen in at least 6...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 6, 2002 3:11 am
... The above XML was produced quickly to demonstrate that it would be possible to create a less verbose form that could still convey the same information. I...
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Eric Beaudoin
beaudoer
May 6, 2002 1:15 am
... I have missed the start of this thread but for me, a "skill" parameter for a skill doesn't make any sence. What is a Skill's skill? Or a Feat's feat? It...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 5, 2002 7:14 pm
... XML tends to be like that. Namespaces would clear it up a lot, and the -id could be removed in most cases: <character...
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Stuart Updegrave
supdegrave
May 5, 2002 6:07 pm
... This is incredibly bloated to my eye. All of the redundant instances of 'character.' and [foo-]id serve no purpose IMO other than file bloat, increasing...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 5, 2002 7:36 am
... The best answer I can give is 'sometimes'. It depends a lot on the tool doing the processing, and on the defined (i.e. documented) use of the elements. ...
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Paul M. Lambert
plambert
May 5, 2002 7:12 am
... Excuse my ignorance, as I don't know XML. Is order respected? i.e. in the example above, is it required that an XML parser would respect the order in...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 5, 2002 4:07 am
... This is true. However, that's not how I'm using it. (FWIW, my preference is to use attributes rather than subelements where it's feasible. However, in...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 5, 2002 3:58 am
... That's how I understand it. Right now I know DTD and don't know XSD, so I'll stick with what I know so I can get some work done. We can roll it over to...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 5, 2002 3:46 am
... Exactly my thinking. Later examination may show other ubiquitous cases (<damage> is almost definitely one, the various prerequisite elements (<prefeat>,...
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Scott Ellsworth
scottalodar
May 4, 2002 8:50 pm
... This is the primary reason why I do exactly the same in my structures. I am willing to have certain attributes - name, for example - overloaded, but I try...
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Stuart Updegrave
supdegrave
May 4, 2002 6:31 pm
... That's what testing is for. ... That's what the DTD / schema is for. If your document validates against the schema, you're good. ... in ... The <level>...
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Stuart Updegrave
supdegrave
May 4, 2002 6:19 pm
... not ... relationships, ... avoid ... I believe that the use of XSD schemas instead of DTD negates the above concern. You can define complex types. So,...
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Stuart Updegrave
supdegrave
May 4, 2002 6:03 pm
... Exactly, Darel. And that tool will be PCGen, or any of the tools that proliferate once we have XML to play with....
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 4, 2002 4:59 pm
... I was thinking about 'client code' as the user rather than human users, but that client code is created by humans, so it's possible to have mistakes. In my...
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Darel Finkbeiner
mythicrpg
May 4, 2002 4:29 pm
... I guess I still have to ask the question. I mean, some of us use xml in other situations. And in most parsing, you always know where you are at the time....
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 3, 2002 9:30 pm
... s/never/near/; Keith -- Keith Davies kjdavies@... DM : You search the storeroom and find a barrel marked 'elf pudding'. Random: Elven pudding!...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 3, 2002 8:59 pm
... Consistency. There are elements that have subelements whose attributes, children, or interpretation can differ depending on the parent element. Rather...
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Stuart Updegrave
supdegrave
May 3, 2002 8:25 pm
Why the 'char.foo' naming on the majority of the child nodes? We already know we're in a character given the root node name. Why not simply: <character id=""> ...
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Keith Davies
jdk_kjdavies
May 3, 2002 7:49 pm
Hi All, this is a *very* high-level description of <character>... I only go one level into the subelements, for example. I'd like your thoughts on whether I'm...
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pcgen-xml@yahoogroups...
May 3, 2002 3:43 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the pcgen-xml group. File :...
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pcgen-xml@yahoogroups...
May 3, 2002 3:40 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the pcgen-xml group. File :...
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Mynex
mynex2k1
May 2, 2002 9:04 am
Heh, that's why I copied my original reply to the person directly. If it was a mistake, most ppl would apologize for the error/email takeover... And I would...
