C/CIF

C/CIF is an interchange format for chess applications. This format is supporting all features of a chess application - PGN does not provide this - and can be used to transfer chess archives without any loss via an application independent format.

C/CIF is supporting two formats: the binary format CCIF, and the human readable format CIF (in XML).

Features

Lossless transfer of chess archives
Fits to the requirements of modern chess databases
Compact binary format and text format (XML)
Features cloud databases
Supports (nearly) any chess variant
Contains information section

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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pascal21st Posted 2015-10-18

This project addresses some glaring issues in .PGN files. Today's chess analysts need tools that go far beyond what the commercial industry felt it could deliver by 2015.

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Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop

Programming Language

C++

Database Environment

Project is a tool for a proprietary database file format

Related Categories

C++ Data Formats Software, C++ Board Games, C++ Libraries, C++ Chess Games

Registered

2014-12-07

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