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<blockquote data-quote="Klintus Fang" data-source="post: 407503" data-attributes="member: 3580"><p>This is all very interesting. I've worked off and on on gaming utility software for my game, so I have some cursory interest in this topic.</p><p></p><p>I get the impression that if one codes up all of the SRD material one needs into data tables that can be read by the binary, and then has all the binary's calculations derive only from the content in those tables, then you are in compliance so long as your data tables are in compliance. It seems this would have to be the case anyway, because if you code it up this way then the program is in essence nothing more than a generic "data file interpreter".</p><p></p><p>So I have a question: why don't a team of disparate people get together and rewrite the entire content of the SRD in some agreed upon (the team would have to haggle and debate to achieve that agreement), human readable , XML format (assuming XML is considered "human readable") that all of us can then use in our programs?</p><p></p><p>It seems like that might be a big undertaking, but wouldn't it simplify life for a lot of people? It would definitely simplify life for a newbie like me. </p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Klintus Fang, post: 407503, member: 3580"] This is all very interesting. I've worked off and on on gaming utility software for my game, so I have some cursory interest in this topic. I get the impression that if one codes up all of the SRD material one needs into data tables that can be read by the binary, and then has all the binary's calculations derive only from the content in those tables, then you are in compliance so long as your data tables are in compliance. It seems this would have to be the case anyway, because if you code it up this way then the program is in essence nothing more than a generic "data file interpreter". So I have a question: why don't a team of disparate people get together and rewrite the entire content of the SRD in some agreed upon (the team would have to haggle and debate to achieve that agreement), human readable , XML format (assuming XML is considered "human readable") that all of us can then use in our programs? It seems like that might be a big undertaking, but wouldn't it simplify life for a lot of people? It would definitely simplify life for a newbie like me. ;) [/QUOTE]
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