[CQ-Contest] CQ WW VHF Recap for a Dozen participants

[VE5ZX]

Won't it make sense to set an XML standard for log exchanges at the same 
time as setting the standard for results reporting. This way there would be 
a reference from which developers could begin to work on the tools and 
logging programs to migrate from Cabrillo to XML?

Syl

Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK

>I would love to see xml replace Cabrillo, and also for contest sponsors to
> supply xml specifications for their contests.  This would eliminate the 
> need
> for country and other multiplier list files, logger authors trying to
> customize scoring and log submission formats for each contest, and a whole
> bunch of other ugly things most people don't see.  This would make adding
> new contests to a logging program as easy as downloading the contest
> sponsor's xml file.  maybe someday...
>
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
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