Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : Scott Little
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Mon Jan 06 2003 09:18 pm

Hi Scott,

 SL> "Legal" XML simply means that all tags are properly 
 SL> terminated, etc. and most good XML libraries support 
 SL> DTDs and/or Schemas which check the structure and data 
 SL> for compliance with user defined (ie. FTSC or *C 
 SL> issued) specs.  

As an XML illiterate here, if I read what you wrote above correctly, are you 
suggesting that it may be possible to construct an XML Nodelist segment 
"assembly" tool, using only source data files, XML "definition" files and a 
"standard" XML processing engine to interpret and action those definitions and 
data files? IE we dont necessarily need a standalone utility, just each person 
wishing to work with XML would just need the "engine" component (plus 
definition files) for their particular OS? Would suchan environment be able to 
handle all the functionality that Fidonet would require, or external code still 
required?

If so, can you suggest such an engine for OS/2?......;-)


 SL> Given the availability of XML libraries, it probably 
 SL> won't be too out of the question for a dedicated XML 
 SL> Nodelist editor to be written somewhere along the line, 
 SL> rather than rely on generic XML editors.

Does XML include the capabilty to define this sort of operation (IE creating 
and editor) within the definition files themselves?

Cheers.....................pk.

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