Exactly. You have my vote. XML (data) should be totally transparent to the end user. Hosting a simple editer makes life easy for everyone and as you said, no program need be distributed. All data is stored locally on the client's computer.
Tom, AK2B David Reid-9 wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > This XML idea is great...I could make a webpage and application ( hosted > on > my server (or Elecraft's)) where you could go to a webpage, upload your > config, mess about with it and download > it, then, instead of having loads of programs all over the world - > possibly > needing updates, if the format or tagging changed, then we can just change > one option - (select firmware revision) and automatically implement new > features in the XML.... the idea of being able to edit the memories is > really cool and quite easy to achieve... Perhaps Simon also has some > ideas... > > If we can develop a spec for the interchange format - I could write some > code for this type of tool quite easily, - when you down,load the file, > you > could select either XML or CSV - no probs. > > XML is just a tagging method - so you can easily find,change and insert > data into a structure...it is not black magic. Professionally, I develop > applications for creating and manipulating XML and CSV data... > but I prefer to have an online version of the file editor - it is much > easier to handle updates and changes, than in a distributed system.... > > Your thoughts please... > > David A. Reid > PA3HBB / G0BZF / PB6X > www.qsl.net.pa3hbb > www.qsl.net.pb6x > > > > Documentation Consultant > Spider Documentation Support (SDS) > Technical Documentation Service > NXP Semiconductors > High Tech Campus 60, room 432D, > 5656 AG Eindhoven > The Netherlands > =========================================== > telephone nr.: +31 40 27 25363 > =========================================== > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > Acronymophobia (ăk'rə-nĭmă'fōbē-ə) > Noun. Condition caused by exposure to overwhelming number of technology > acronyms and buzzwords. > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/UTILITY-Improvements-tp18232708p18237643.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
