User:Bull/addon format Suggestions

My idea
Ok here is what I would like to see, basically its a combination of mazop and nova's ideas -


 * .........text.........
 * .............text.........
 * ........text/number.....
 * ............text/date......
 * .....text/number.....
 * ....text/link......


 * .........http link................
 * ......text/email address............
 * ................text...................
 * ..link (http or local)........
 * ...........number...............
 * ..........number...............
 * ........text................
 * ....text/date.............
 * <metadata_description>...text................</metadata_description>

The tags in the second part would all be optional.

would be any combination of the following - world/icon/trail/image_layer/placename/script/plugin/addon/wms

</license_type> freeware, shareware, or anything else, if it is a specific license like GPL, a link to the details should be included.

5of0 suggestion (much better)
<header_information> ......text/email address............ <addon title="Darwin's Voyage on the Bounty"> ........text/number.....    ............text/date......     .....text/number.....</ww_version> ....text/link......</license_type> .........http link................    ................text...................     ..link (http or local)........     ...........number...............</data_points> ..........number...............</child_layers> ........text................</metadata_source> ....text/date.............</metadata_datadate> <metadata_description>...text................</metadata_description> </header_information>

mandatory fields -


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See nova's post

Mazop's post to the dev list
i think we (addon designer) would also need better possibilitys for discribeing the addons. my idea about is: expanding the possibilities for describing in the XML (like now in HEAD - right click in layermanager shows up info about the addon....). here is a list of descriptions i thought about:

..........................text

...............................text

............................text/number

<addon date (created)>.....................text/date

<addon update-link>........................http download link

<addon metadata source/provider>...........text

..................text/date

<addon metadata description>...............text

<addon extended info* (read more about)>...link (http or local)

FINAL(ish)
<HeaderInformation> <Addon Title="Darwin's Voyage on the Bounty"> <Developer name="bull"> <Contact>......text/email address............</Contact> </Developer> <Version>........text/number.....</Version> <Date>............text/date......</Date> <WwVersion>.....text/number.....</WwVersion> <LicenseType>....text/link......</LicenseType> <Url>.........http link................</Url> <Type>................text...................</Type> <ExtendedInfo>..link (http or local)........</ExtendedInfo> <DataPoints>...........number...............</DataPoints> <ChildLayers>..........number...............</ChildLayers> <MetadataSource>........text................</MetadataSource> <MetadataDataDate>....text/date.............</MetadataDataDate> <MetadataDescription>...text................</MetadataDescription> </Addon> </HeaderInformation>