[Gandalf Parker]

Im not so much an old programmer as I am an old internet admin. I was part of the early protocol discussions. So its not the programs, or what they are written in, which concerns me.

We can have a ton of apps. But I think that we should try to do is come to agreements on formats. The DomMap project developed some agreements on how .maps should be annotated. Some of that was carried over to the SemiRandom project. And some of the future developments for SemiRandom are most likely to use Edi's spreadsheet format as a database.

If all of the apps use an agreed on format for the province adds, god builds, sprites, etc then we can share libraries. And use data files which use Edi's spreadsheet, or at least an export from it, so that the apps stay current easier.

We might want to start an RFC thread on it. Actually the format of the province and god adds might be reaching a limit. The "appropriate" tags might want to be shifted to the first line of the file rather than the file name but thats something Ballbarian would have to agree to (but I could automate the file changes).


Gandalf Parker
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The Socializing Soloist, the Mad Mapper and the Minimalist Modder, the Lord of Chaos, the Prophet for Random, Experimenter of Extremes, He Who Will Not Normalize Standardize Specialize (or Finalize), He Who Public Domains All.