Author: William Bryant
Date: 08:08:14 06/07/04
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On June 06, 2004 at 16:25:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I have been gone for a while. Wasn't Steven going to do this about 2 years ago. He was soliciting suggestions for an updated standard. William
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