So, when you say it can be processed by computer, how are you looking for it to be processed? Entry into a database of some sort? Some means for the HTML readers to be able to process the data in the file?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Onno Meyer Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:27 PM To: The GURPSnet mailing list Subject: Re: RE: [gurps] Building a VehicleML > That having been said, if you were to embark upon teaching a little > about what is involved with XML, what it can do, and how it might be > generally helpful not only to someone such as yourself or Tom, but to > someone like myself - you might generate enough interest for me to > start looking into what is involved and trying to deal with it myself > ;) XML is a very structured way of writing text into files. On the one hand, XML is clear enough to be written and read by humans, and on the other hand it is structured enough to be processed by computers. XML consists of nodes, which may be nested. Consider a book consisting of one or more chapters, which in turn consist of one or more sections. book chapter section section chapter section To make the nesting clear, each node is represented by two parts, the opening tag and the closing tag. Opening tags are <name> and closing tags are </name>. So the book above would be <book> <chapter> <section> </section> <section> </section> </chapter> <chapter> <section> </section> </chapter> </book> Which nodes can appear, and where, depends on the dialect of XML. For example, in html one of the first nodes must be <html>, and it contains a <head>. html is a well known XML dialect, used by web browsers (and web designers) all over the world. Tom and I are thinking about our very own XML dialect for GURPS vehicles and starships. It won't be as powerful and influential as html, of course, but I hope to do a halfway professional job :-) _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
