RE: [Nms-cgi-devel] NMSBoard data format question...

[Wizard <wi...@ne...>]

> If it's not really XML, it shouldn't have a dtd IMO.

Technically speaking, the only reason that we aren't calling it XML is
because we're not parsing it as XML. The file itself is valid XML.

> If we want to avoid confusion with XML, how about just avoiding
> anglebrackets, e.g. use "[foo]bah[/foo]" instead of the XML like
> "<foo>bar</foo>".

The primary reason I proposed this was in response to Simon's issue of
someone munging the file with an XML editor. If someone wants to edit the
data file directly, I don't believe the tag format that we use will be
either a deterrent or an incentive. It was just a suggestion. I just felt
that by providing a DTD, we can control how their XML editor will edit it.
Thanks,
Grant M.