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Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:02:19 +0100
From:	"Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	[geda-user] XML file format (what could be expected)
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As XML have been up for discussion as fileformt, I guess this is what to expect http://kxmleditor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/screenshots.html

I think about it as a way to express structured data similar to struct in "C" but have not studied all the details. I do not think file format is important.

It is better to bring discussion to the structure itself, if visualized as a tree which forks and attributes are needed.



For trees I only know about one implementation detail that matter: There could be a list of forks or each item reference it's parent. In XML forks are put "inside" it's parents delimiters and I guess this will avoid situations there it is possible with a loop or forks grow together.



Nicklas Karlsson

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