Suggestion: XML Map Guidelines

[genericbob]

Could we came up with some guidelines for the map XML to make them more consistent and allow better tools to be created?

The reason I ask is because of instances like http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewto ... highlight=
which I had found previously.

And also the new King of the Mountains map has non-unique continent names which may foul up any future tools or mapping visualizations.

[lackattack]

The USApocalypse already introduced non-unique continent names. The game engine knows to amalgate non-unique bonuses into one log entry.

As for the inconsistencies, the XML checker at http://www.conquerclub.com/mapmaker should catch serious errors but as you pointed out some may slip through. We could use a formal XML schema or data definition to validate against.

[yeti_c]

I have created an .xsd schema file that you can use to validate any xml schemas against...

C.

[lackattack]

Right, it was you! I meant to ask you for permission to use it. Or did I? I'm sending you a PM...

[yeti_c]

Right, it was you! I meant to ask you for permission to use it. Or did I? I'm sending you a PM...

I've replied - I will get it to you to use on Monday - feel free to use as you please...

I have Altova's XML Spy at work and it means I can point an XML at the schema and it will tell me if there are any structure problems.

C.