[Freeciv-Dev] Re: RFC Metaserver overhaul

["Peter Dam Mains" <lancelot@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

XML is a standard supported on pretty much every platform, every
language , so choosing XML would give you the parser for free. I don't
see any argument against choosing XML. :)

/Peter Dam Mains

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[mailto:freeciv-dev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reinier Post
Sent: 5. november 2002 17:02
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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: RFC Metaserver overhaul


On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 11:51:05PM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa
wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:24:52PM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva 
> > Costa wrote:
> > > I propose we format the information from the server to the 
> > > metaserver in XML. Here is a sample of the proposed format minus 
> > > XML info:
> > >
> > > <metainfo version="1.0">
> > >   <game name="Freeciv">
> > ...
> > >   </game>
> > > </metainfo>
> >
> > I propose using the ini format (as implemented in common/registry). 
> > You can express the same. Advantage is that we have an existing 
> > parser (and also writer).
> 
> For the server this may be true. But for a PHP metaserver it is not. 
> Also, since we are bothering to use HTTP for the metaserver this time,

> why not use web formats? Besides, the server only needs to send XML, 
> not parse it.
> 
> For the info requested by the client to the metaserver I was thinking 
> of using an easily parseable format:

I don't see the point of having a specific format other than the
standard attribute-value formatting defined by HTTP POSTs.

-- 
Reinier