In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Myers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Some critics of an XML-based go format seem to be involved in a paranoid
fantasy that they are going to be forced by evil goblins to use it against
their will.
No, that is not the problem. The problem is that if there are two
standards, programmers will split their efforts between them, supporting
neither correctly, and causing far more incompatibility problems than we
have at present. Even now, with only one format, there are enough
problems in moving an SGF record from one application to another.
No, Jennifer, that's not the case. Sure, if the format becomes
popular they may end up having to deal with it, but XML-formatted game
records and SGF will be round-trippable in the blink of an eye.
Will this round-tripping be done by some magic bug-free program that you
are able to provide? If so, could you please start with the much
simpler task of providing one that will round-trip SGF-SGF, taking out
all the incompatibilities with the standard and preserving all the
information?
Nick
P.S.
Bob, could you please configure your intelligentgo.org domain so that it
no longer forwards to me all the emails send to its webmaster?
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Nick Wedd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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