Fw: [Omd-dev] Hello!

[Dave <mi...@co...>]

Doh!  I meant for this reply to come to the list!

----- Original Message -----
To: "Chris R. Jones" <ch...@ra...>
Subject: Re: [Omd-dev] Hello!


You can send the changes directly to me.

I'm aware of a few errors in the files, but that's largely because the
existing files were generated either by a) a perl script, b) an as-yet
unreleased Java program... but either one is run against the official
spoilers, which frequently have typo/typeset errors (such as those you
mentioned).  I'll probably add the Judgement spoiler to the sets file
sometime tomorrow and a more "official" version along with artist
information later (whenever it becomes available).

I have no idea about the IA/5E errors... what cards are missing?  Maybe I
can find a pattern and re-run the extraction on them.

As for images, I doubt you'll find any.  Your best bet is probably to grab
them from MTGO.

Thanks for taking the time to contribute, and if you have any Java
programming skills (or are willing to take time to learn--I've learned a lot
from the development I did on this project!) I'd appreciate any
contributions.  I have several things I want to do, but just haven't gotten
around to.

--David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris R. Jones" <ch...@ra...>
To: <omd...@li...>
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: [Omd-dev] Hello!


Hi guys,

First, hi there - I ran across the OMD webpage and it was just what I was
looking for - XML magic data.  I've been playing around with both the
omd-1.6 files, along with the updated sets sent to the mailing list by
David (for 7th edition, torment and odyssey).

This is great stuff, thanks for building this, everyone that contributed.
I have a few questions and comments.

I ran across some inconsistencies in some of the files, and I updated my
copy of the files.  Is there a good way to make this available to everyone?
Here's what I changed:

    Planeshift.xml:
    ------------------
    Fixed two spelling errors (Sorcey -> Sorcery) and (Creaute -> Creature)
    Changed Stratadon to Artifact Creature (was listed as an artifact)


    PromotionalCards.xml
    -------------------
    Nalathni Dragon: Moved "Dragon" out of the card type, since it is really
                     the creature subtype, not the card type.  It is already
                     listed in subtype.

    All files
    -----------
    Some creature cards had "Power and Toughness" elements, while others
    had the power and toughness listed only in the card texts.  For
consistency,
    I moved all occuranced from the text into new power and toughness
elements.

I also noticed that there are a bunch of missing cards from both IceAge.xml
and fifth addition.  Anyone know what happened to these cards?

Last, I'm also curious if anyone knows a good online repository for
scanned card pictures, as well as data.

Thanks!
Chris