Gentle Reminder: hpprgm

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(04-05-2014 08:14 AM)debrouxl Wrote:  

Quote:As a community I think we have to make our own format. I like docx/apk/xap styled ones, archive with xml descriptor + files. It can contain metadata like description, snapshots, etc.

If we ever made our own custom format, we should indeed add metadata (starting with version number), and it should indeed be in a type of container aimed at supporting multiple embedded files (ZIP files, tarballs, ar archives, etc.). However, JSON (or YAML, but that isn't supported in browsers) is a better choice than XML: it's expressive enough, more lightweight, and less of an annoyance in some browsers.

Having cross-platform, lightweight tools for reading and writing such files is a must.

Exactly, web converter, win/linux/mac from/to this format to txt, hpprgm, app, etc

I was thinking on something similar to the apks, 1 plain file with the version, 1 metadata in .xml and another xml that describes the contents