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Re: LDraw DAT certification for clones?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:12:36 GMT
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At 10:34 AM 12/15/1999 , Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> > The FAQ contains something that is supposed to be a
> > description of the LDraw language. I don't know if people
> > consider it "official".
> 
> Question #20.  I don't about "official", but I have some other words to
> describe it...

??

> That article (question 20) is too large for the FAQ, and should be broken
> out as a separate item/page on the website.

I agree.  It looks to me that the article could be edited for clarity and
layout.  Someone with better knowledge of the DAT file than me want to do
that?  Either I or someone else can put it in the ldraw.org page format,
the template is at:

http://www.ldraw.org/main-template.html

BTW - the FAQ should eventually be edited and formatted to the site layout,
perhaps having one page per FAQ question/response.  When should that be
done, and what priority should that be given?

> > Yes. Some formal specifications, some example files, and
> > maybe even some programs for testing files.
> 
> Seems like the best way to go with this is to have "test scripts", DAT files
> which compatible programs must be able to correctly process, along with
> examples of correct processing.  In more advanced 'scripts', it might be
> necessary to have multiple DATs, and to specify where they are stored.

Sounds like a good idea to me.  If/when you need pages done of it, LMK and
I'll take care of it.

> Funny: in the paragraph above, when I say DAT, I mean "DAT or MPD".  But
> usually, if I mean to include both MPD and DAT in a discussion, I'll say MPD.

Heh..

-Tim

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  Re: LDraw DAT certification for clones?
 
Tim: (...) Yes. The FAQ contains something that is supposed to be a description of the LDraw language. I don't know if people consider it "official". (...) Yes. Some formal specifications, some example files, and maybe even some programs for testing (...) (27 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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