Jon Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > This may sound like a lame idea. I am not all that versed on xml > > technology, > > but it seems to me that there is a standard form for something > > like this. In > > the database world there is something called a "Data dictionary" > > that works as > > a central repository for data items, their types, default values, short > > descriptions, long descriptions, etc. > > I've seen Doxygen mentioned here previously, IIRC. I can vouch for its > effectiveness as a documentation aid. Doxygen can produce a pretty > detailed index. This would be a start, if nothing else. I also wonder if > there shouldn't be a way to - dump at run time - the listing you ask for > (for instance in a debug compile, one could have this capability). >
Yes and I think Doxygen sounds like a good thing. To be honest I don't really have much trouble figuring out what the properties are and if I need to know what sets/reads them, grep works fine. But it does seem as though a central dictionary (for lack of a better term) to which xml configs refer might yield some benifit for new programmers as well as simplifying the coding of xml files. Maybe even error checking. Again this is a topic I'm not familiar with...just asking the question. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
