XML thing for chars

[Ertial]

I think a lot of people want to know something about each other chars. And I think this could be reached by creating a standard with XML Schema and a default XML and XSL file. I mean something like this: http://www.kiirani.com/stuff/regnum/

We could write plugins to import it in forums afterwards, and parsers for images.
I think it should contain this information:
-Name
-Class
-Race
-Realm
-Screenshot
-Level
[-Is main?]

Any other suggestions? Who wants to help, since I'm not that familiar with XML. Who can design a nice template?

EDIT: I've got the first schema ready, waht do you think?
http://files.qense.nl/schema.xml
(Does someone knows a solution for the nameSpace problem?)

[ArcticWolf]

Also, that XML could be used on a Java app to share char datasheets ^^

[NightTwix]

Originally Posted by Yest

waht do you think?

i think you are really a Nerd

[Kiirani]

Originally Posted by Yest

I mean something like this: http://www.kiirani.com/stuff/regnum/

Holy CRAP! I'm popular!!! XD

I'm 100% not familiar with xml or the parsing of, what would be the advantages / disadvantages of using it for this? I like the idea of having a browseable database of characters.

Also, no java please Xephandor XD Setting up java apps gives me a headache, in browser java is slow and annoying, and I hear it's hell to code.

[ArcticWolf]

Originally Posted by Kiirani

Holy CRAP! I'm popular!!! XD

I'm 100% not familiar with xml or the parsing of, what would be the advantages / disadvantages of using it for this? I like the idea of having a browseable database of characters.

Also, no java please Xephandor XD Setting up java apps gives me a headache, in browser java is slow and annoying, and I hear it's hell to code.

Hey, hey, hey... Wait. I'm a java "programmer" (still studying), so I know the limitations of the platform, but still it would be cool to have a java database char browser. If you're talking about web apps, java is not the best solution, but for this community is a good option since we wouldn't have to re-compile the code for windows and linux.

Anyway, I think that using MySQL to have a database is far better.

[Vaylos]

I am by no means a coder, but I'm trying to get back into teaching myself web design stuffs. You could always go with Ruby. I consistently hear good things about it. Java scripting's not -that- bad. it's just basically a flavor of C++, but yeah it's a bit slow for web stuffs imo. Not that I know all that much about which language is faster. XML sounds good to me. maybe CSS would be an option, I need to read up more on Ruby to see what its capable and whether or not I want to try to learn it. :P

[ArcticWolf]

Vaylos, we're aiming to two different things
Well, you could do a webscript that parses the information and creates something like the vcards but in XML... While I'm aiming to create an app that handles XML datasheets...

Both of the options are complementary to each other!

And Java is slow because of the Virtual Machine.

[Kiirani]

Originally Posted by Xephandor

Hey, hey, hey... Wait. I'm a java "programmer" (still studying), so I know the limitations of the platform, but still it would be cool to have a java database char browser. If you're talking about web apps, java is not the best solution, but for this community is a good option since we wouldn't have to re-compile the code for windows and linux.

Anyway, I think that using MySQL to have a database is far better.

If the goal of this is to set up a database of users/characters to be browsed then I agree, MySQL is better for this. Of course if it's for people to be able to share a character info sheet and others to view it, then xml would probably be a good choice.

The reason I dislike java is because the few times I've been wanting to use something in java that isn't in portage, I've downloaded and it has somehow not worked, and I've had no idea if I was doing something wrong or not XD

[ArcticWolf]

Originally Posted by Kiirani

If the goal of this is to set up a database of users/characters to be browsed then I agree, MySQL is better for this. Of course if it's for people to be able to share a character info sheet and others to view it, then xml would probably be a good choice.

Hmm... This thread is about XML, so let's stick to it at least until somebody decides what to do with this idea. It's pretty cool, and I don't know how to handle XML files correctly, so it would be more of a learning app to me

[Kiirani]

Originally Posted by Xephandor

Hmm... This thread is about XML, so let's stick to it at least until somebody decides what to do with this idea. It's pretty cool, and I don't know how to handle XML files correctly, so it would be more of a learning app to me

We must be sitting at the same point of knowledge then. Meh, my original question still stands.