Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:25:40 06/06/04
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On June 06, 2004 at 11:39:03, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >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 I really think it needs revision. IE there needs to be a "standard" way to include evaluation, depth, time, and other such things. Programs are putting these into comments at the present, but comments are free-form so that there is no guarantee that another program can read and understand the info that is included.
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