[Openicc] Fwd: Settings bundles (Robert Krawitz, Edmund Ronald)

[peters at skarpetis.com]

On 19/02/2011, at 12:30 PM, Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:54:16 +0100, edmund ronald wrote:
>> Actually, we expect the format to be parsed - and subtrees copied and
>> pasted - by humans like YOU. But using XML doesn't mean that it has to
>> be as horrible as what you describe.
>> 
>> I'll ask Robert to paste a sample of today's XML curve representation
>> here so you can judge for yourself.
> 
> Certainly.
> 
> <curve wrap="wrap" type="linear" gamma="0" piecewise="false">
> <sequence count="48" lower-bound="-6" upper-bound="6">
>    0    0    0    -0.02    -0.04    -0.08    -0.12    -0.16
>    -0.2    -0.24    -0.28    -0.32    -0.32    -0.32    -0.32    -0.32
>    -0.36    -0.4    -0.44    -0.48    -0.5    -0.45    -0.4    -0.3
>    -0.12    -0.07    -0.04    -0.02    0    0    0    0
>    0    0    -0.03    -0.06    -0.09    -0.13    -0.17    -0.21
>    -0.25    -0.22    -0.19    -0.16    -0.13    -0.1    -0.07    -0.03
> </sequence>
> </curve>


That is definitely compact and lacks the usual XML bloat. Not as elegant for the die hard XMLers though as it lacks that deep tree structure. 

This is the kind of thing we need though. compact yet still hackable. Now if someone could just agree on the  the contents and their use, we are all set. 

Peter Skarpetis

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