Re: XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme

From: Tim Lomas <tim@nospam.antsnest.demon.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:14:14 +0000

The first point is that it's liable to be illegal in the UK,
breaching data protection legislation.

The second is that it's a little over the top, this is what
CSV files were invented for.

Tim

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 GMT, MindShift Design
<teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com> wrote:

>One thing we�ve just started talking about on the eGroups PBMDesign
>group is XML and it�s use in PBM/PbeM etc.
>
>Once possible use for it commercially could be to implement an XML spec
>standard for storing player account information.  If each commercial
>company did this then this would allow for the easy transfer of account
>information, including current credit amounts (if allowed) for the
>gamer Refugee Scheme. So if a game folds, or a company folds, then this
>simple schema can output information in a single text file that can be
>imported into other commercial operators�s programs that will create
>new accounts from the information, or check for existing accounts, and
>allocate credit (if being allowed).
>
>Thoughts ?

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XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 +0000

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XML, PBM and Refugee Scheme
MindShift Design <teammsd@mindshiftdesign.com>
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:02:52 +0000