[ODE] File formats, was Re: .NET wrapper

[Anselm Hook]

I googled that citation on the ODE list - hmmm.  XML *really* is a lot
more stable.  I'm leery of anything that I have to use a special parser
on.  For example what if I want to do an XSLT transformation on a dataset?
Or what about doing RSS or RDF type feeds where say a website could use
moveabletype to pluck out a 3d view of a users blog and then generate an
ODE physics world from that...  by straying from XML one is left way out
in the middle of nowhere...  (much as XML sucks).  No, I think your
approach is better - it doesn't need more code all it needs is to be
proclaimed as a standard...  entified by having its own page and being
formally presented...  then the wars can begin.

 - a

> I actually like the Novodex format more than my own XML stuff.  If
memory
> serves, Adam M of Novodex offered source code for loading the .ods format,
> too (and better than my code, which is awfully slow).  I keep thinking
> I'll get Juice to load and save the .ods format some time soon, but things
> keeps getting in the way.  It was so much easier to work on this stuff
> back before I had a day job.  :-)
>
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> Nate Waddoups
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