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Subject: Re: The Book Problem, Open Book Format proposal, Request for comments.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:55:18 03/03/06

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On March 03, 2006 at 13:59:27, Jay Urbanski wrote:
[snip]
>Would an existing format like Polyglot be a good starting point?

I do not think that format is sufficient

>Would the
>Arena team consider donating the .ABK format as the basis?  Would anyone be
>willing to donate programming skill & time toward a decent book editor/viewer?

I created an ERWin/Erx SQL database model for opening books:
http://cap.connx.com/OPENINGBOOK.ER1

Here is the SQL generated for SQL*Server (you can easily generate SQL for any
number of database systems):
http://cap.connx.com/openingbook.sql

Here is an image of what the SQL model looks like for those without ERWin:
http://cap.connx.com/openingbook.jpg

I am open to suggestions.

The odd field called 'er' is the expected response -- hopefully useful for
pondering.

>Am I the only one who cares about this?  :)

Others care about it too.  There are people who make a living at it.



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