[CQ-Contest] XML for real-time score reporting

[David Robbins K1TTT]

As the lowest common denominator you should at most have to check a box in
your logging program to say you want to participate... its up to the writer
of the logger to know what to do with the dtd, generate the proper xml, and
send it to the server... then all you need to do is visit a web page, pick
some kind of display option in your logger, or run a 3rd party results
display program to see the real time results.  the dtd is what defines what
the software authors have to do to talk to the server that will collect the
data and distribute it.

Right now I am helping make that easy to do for n1mm logger, if you use some
other logging software you might want to ask the author of that if they will
support real time logging and let them know you are interested.  After that
it's a matter of getting it built into the logging software so you don't
have to know anything.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken Alexander
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:34
> To: Pete Smith; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] XML for real-time score reporting
> 
> Thanks Pete and David for providing the link.
> 
> Allow me to introduce myself:  I am The Lowest Common
> Denominator.  I'm the guy you have to dumb
> instructions down for so that everybody understands
> them, and I don't see anything on that page that
> explains what I have to do or how to do it.  For
> example:
> 
> 1.  What's a DTD?
> 2.  Is there something I'm supposed to download,
> install and run to be able to participate?  If so,
> what and where?
> 
> By comparison, W2EV's RFSport Logger is beauty and
> simplicity itself.  There's a clearly identified
> application that the user downloads, installs and
> runs.  Once you set it up (a trivial matter) it takes
> care of everything else.
> 
> If the XML thing (does it have a name?) reports
> results on HF contests to a website then I'm ready to
> get behind it.  Maybe there's a FAQ somewhere that
> explains all of this?
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> 
> Ken Alexander
> VE3HLS
> 
> 
> 
> --- Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> > To respond to several queries, the whole story on
> > the effort to develop a single open standard for
> > score reporting is at
> > http://www.hornucopia.com/xml4contestresults.html
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > The World HF Contest Station Database
> > Full details on 3165 contest stations
> > at http://www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
> >
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