Author: Andrew Wagner
Date: 06:11:59 06/09/04
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On June 09, 2004 at 01:57:15, Manfred Rosenboom wrote:
>Dear Andrew,
>
>step forward to XML is IMHO a good idea!
>
>In your example I don't understand, why you still use quotes (") in the
>elements, I expect the XML data without quotes:
>
><?xml version='1.0'?>
><Games>
><Game>
><Event>ICC tourney 517 (15 1)</Event>
><Site>Internet Chess Club</Site>
><Date>2004.04.23</Date>
><Round>1</Round>
><White>PostModernist</White>
><Black>Trueno</Black>
><Result>1-0</Result>
><ICCResult>Black resigns</ICCResult>
><WhiteElo>2423</WhiteElo>
><BlackElo>1862</BlackElo>
><Opening>French: Winawer, advance variation</Opening>
><ECO>C16</ECO>
><NIC>FR.09</NIC>
><Time>14:04:48</Time>
><TimeControl>900+1</TimeControl>
><Moves> 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+
>7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bxh7+ Kxh7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qh5 Re8 11. Ba3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 c5
>13. Bxc5 Qd6 {Black resigns} 1-0 </Moves>
></Game>
></Games>
You are correct, I don't know why the quote marks showed up. I'll double-check
that in my converter program.
>
>You can create a schema definition for the XML data, to make clear, what type >of data is expected with each element.
Agreed, this is one powerful feature of XML
>Also I'm not sure, whether it is a good idea
>to have all game move data in one <Moves> element. Wouldn't it be more XML like
>to have extra (sub-) elements for variations, comments and annotation glyphs ?
>
You can still have sub-elements for variations and things within the <Moves/>
element. I chose to not wrap each individual move in a set of tags for the
purposes of conserving a little bit of the space and readability.
>Best,
>Manfred
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