[WF-Protocols] Discussion on Open Model Format

[Jorrit Tyberghein]

Killemov wrote:

> A binary (IFF-style?) format should be the primary one. An XML-version 
> should be used for debugging and tweaking purposes. Most tools only 
> need to implement the binary format and there should be a converter to 
> and from XML. (Binary <-> XML.) 

For using in final games I agree. However for discussing the format I 
think we should
focus the discussion on making a valid document object model (DOM) and 
XML and derive
a binary representation from that. The reason is that it is a lot easier 
to talk about an XML
format and how to define that. And finally doing the XML -> binary is 
not a big deal.

Greetings,

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