Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 08:39:03 06/06/04
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On June 06, 2004 at 10:34:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On June 06, 2004 at 10:28:30, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On June 06, 2004 at 10:16:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On June 06, 2004 at 03:11:50, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Graham
>>>>Nice to see that you post these games in the
>>>>old and readable PGN-format.
>>>>Kurt
>>>
>>>
>>>Actually that is _not_ "PGN format".
>>[...]
>>
>> Of course, this is not the PGN-format. I was
>> so happy to see the readable notation that I
>> completely overlooked this.
>> Kurt
>
>
>This readability issue is why it is time to revise the PGN standard. It has
>been suggested that XML be used, which is probably the right idea. But the
>standard is getting corrupted with the stuff ChessBase has added and it makes
>sense to come up with a better "standard" before what they are doing becomes the
>"standard" by default
Is it indeed time to revise the PGN standard? Even with
ChessBase it's possible to save the games in the usual
PGN standard instead using the new stuff. The "old" format
is unfortunately not the default setting for ChessBase
programs.
Kurt
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