I've been working on creating an XML representation of a PC, and I was wondering if there's an agreed upon format. I looked around in the files section, but I...
Hi Dave, A single definition will never be enough. You have to make it "Lego-able" with useful coherent pieces. Here's a sample definition: "Basic" StatBlock...
I've been digging around in the file archive for this list, and it looks like a real mess. Can someone provide an overview of what's actually being used and...
... Hi Fred, I had the same thought when I first joined the group. However, as has been pointed out, this forum is more about discussing how XML may be ...
... Lex and teknohippy have graciously converted the 1.3 XML/MySQL database to MS Access and MS SQL. They are available on my site (http://www.andargor.com/). ...
Here's a schema extracted from the data. The XML file needs to be modified a little to have it validated. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <xs:schema ...
... That's fine; I'm not really looking for that at this point. It's just that I can't tell if any of what's in the archive is being used at all, much less...
Well, I finally finished a project I've been working on for literally months (more an indication of my work ethic than the actual difficulty of the task)....
Good work! I know Frugal was working on something similar for his XML character gen. Perhaps you should get in touch. A couple of notes on the format: - You...
I started pretty much the same project this weekend. I'm going a bit further towards the program-readable format than you, however; you have "5 ft." for...
Good suggestions. I'll put em on a list. I go in spurts, though, so no promises. Jacob _____ From: d20-xml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:d20-xml@yahoogroups.com]...
Good idea on the subtypes. That was one of the first I did and before I became familiar with Regex enough for that to be trivial. I leave the dice because...
Hi everyone . . . I'm wondering . . . would a topicmaps language actually be a better method of describing most of what we're trying to deal with here in xml? ...
Okay, made some changes. Notes below: ________________________________________ From: d20-xml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:d20-xml@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ...
While I agree that the regex is simple enough for hitdice, and for many of the standard notations for d20, I can see it getting more complex when you introduce...
K. File is updated with the SubType change. I added a <SubTypes> tag to hold em (I prefer to have a container item for multiples if only to ensure that...
Hello all! ... Regarding the regex of the die string: Even if you just want to parse something like "1d6+4", the regex would allow false strings like "0d0"....
... I've been toying with XTM and Ontology ideas for some time. Yes, it would definitely make sense. It's just a lot more work than extracting the data: most...
We've just delivered a topics maps based website at work (http://nationaltreasures.nla.gov.au <http://nationaltreasures.nla.gov.au/> ) - the first one I've...
... Wow, I wasn't going to pick the whole thing apart! ... If I understand you correctly, I respectfully disagree. Having EITHER <SubTypes> OR <SubType>...
... I haven't done a while with regexes, but I still got it! ;-) As you nearly always agree with me, I'll tackle only the other. ... You can either have 0, 1,...
... it some ... in the ... What I could do for the next release is have a field with DocBook XML. I already do that for other things, so it's easy to...
... Hoorah!! Johannes provides an excellent letter for us: As Jacob has posted an excellent working copy of the monsters for us. There will be no doubt that...
... avoiding ... I'm sorry, but neither I nor a native speaker, I asked, could tell, if this is meant sarcastic or not. I assume it as a normal answer, as I...
If I'm following this discussion correctly, my question is why even bother with the <SubTypes> container? Is it not easier to say that the document may contain...
... On this note, I imagine that a ZIP file with many separate files (one per creature / spell / skill / feat / etc) would actually be a better approach than...
... If I can respectfully suggest, perhaps the discussion should be more about defining a format that is granular enough for program use rather than thinking...