>>2. Interchanging data between chess applications. Of course this is >> possible only if this format will be widespread accepted. PGN >> cannot be used for this purpose, no way to import an exported >> game from ChessBase via PGN, PGN doesn't know anything about >> multilingual comments and different comment types like >> post-comments and pre-comments.
> Yes, but the problem is exactly this: how do you make your new format a > "standard"? I cannot make this format a new standard. It will become a standard if many other applications will support this format, otherwise it will not become a standard. It's not a problem for me if someone else is offering a new standard which solves the problem with the interchangeability, but currently I cannot find any other tangible proposal.