[openbeos] Re: "OpenSoftwareValet"
- From: Mathew Hounsell <mat.geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:44:58 -0800 (PST)
I forgot to mention this earlier. The Assosciation of Shareware
Profesionals, has developed an XML product description format, called PAD.
After looking at it it appears quite useful.
http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/
Here is one of their examples.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<XML_DIZ_INFO>
<MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>
<MASTER_PAD_VERSION>1.15</MASTER_PAD_VERSION>
<MASTER_PAD_INFO>Portable Application Description, or PAD for short, is
a data set that is used by shareware authors to disseminate information to
anyone interested in their software products. To find out more go to
http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad</MASTER_PAD_INFO>
</MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>
<Company_Info>
<Company_Name>Association of Shareware Professionals</Company_Name>
<Address_1>157-F Love Avenue</Address_1>
<Address_2 />
<City_Town>Greenwood</City_Town>
<State_Province>IN</State_Province>
<Zip_Postal_Code>46142</Zip_Postal_Code>
<Country>US</Country>
<Company_WebSite_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org</Company_WebSite_URL>
<Contact_Info>
<Author_First_Name>Harold</Author_First_Name>
<Author_Last_Name>Holmes</Author_Last_Name>
<Author_Email>pad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Author_Email>
<Contact_First_Name>Harold</Contact_First_Name>
<Contact_Last_Name>Holmes</Contact_Last_Name>
<Contact_Email>pad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Contact_Email>
</Contact_Info>
<Support_Info>
<Sales_Email />
<Support_Email>pad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</Support_Email>
<General_Email />
<Sales_Phone />
<Support_Phone />
<General_Phone />
<Fax_Phone />
</Support_Info>
</Company_Info>
<Program_Info>
<Program_Name>PADGen</Program_Name>
<Program_Version>1.5</Program_Version>
<Program_Release_Month>10</Program_Release_Month>
<Program_Release_Day>07</Program_Release_Day>
<Program_Release_Year>2001</Program_Release_Year>
<Program_Cost_Dollars />
<Program_Cost_Other_Code />
<Program_Cost_Other />
<Program_Type>Freeware</Program_Type>
<Program_Release_Status>Minor Update</Program_Release_Status>
<Program_Install_Support>Install and
Uninstall</Program_Install_Support>
<Program_OS_Support>Win95,Win98,WinME,WinNT
4.x,WinXP,Windows2000</Program_OS_Support>
<Program_Language>English</Program_Language>
<File_Info>
<Filename_Versioned>padgen15.zip</Filename_Versioned>
<Filename_Previous>padgen14.zip</Filename_Previous>
<Filename_Generic>padgen.zip</Filename_Generic>
<Filename_Long>padsetup.zip</Filename_Long>
<File_Size_Bytes>1016315</File_Size_Bytes>
<File_Size_K>992</File_Size_K>
<File_Size_MB>0.99</File_Size_MB>
</File_Info>
<Expire_Info>
<Has_Expire_Info>N</Has_Expire_Info>
<Expire_Count />
<Expire_Based_On>Days</Expire_Based_On>
<Expire_Other_Info />
<Expire_Month />
<Expire_Day />
<Expire_Year />
</Expire_Info>
<Program_Change_Info>Added spell checker, support for new PAD field
and bug fix dealing with extensions</Program_Change_Info>
<Program_Specific_Category>Development
Tools</Program_Specific_Category>
<Program_Categories>Developer/Author Tools, submission
tools</Program_Categories>
<Program_System_Requirements>Typical Win95
machine</Program_System_Requirements>
<Includes_JAVA_VM>N</Includes_JAVA_VM>
<Includes_VB_Runtime>N</Includes_VB_Runtime>
<Includes_DirectX>N</Includes_DirectX>
</Program_Info>
<Program_Descriptions>
<English>
<Keywords>PAD, PADGen,diz, pad_file.xml, free, freeware, software,
application, info, information, developer, internet, utility, xml,
programmer, tool, distribution, submission</Keywords>
<Char_Desc_45>Creates PAD files for your
applications.</Char_Desc_45>
<Char_Desc_80>Easily creates PAD files for all your
applications.</Char_Desc_80>
<Char_Desc_250>Easily creates Portable Application Descriptions
(PAD) files for all your applications. Use PAD to get all of the important
information to your vendors and webmasters as quickly and as concisely as
possible.</Char_Desc_250>
<Char_Desc_450>Easily creates Portable Application Descriptions
(PAD) files for all your applications. Use PAD to get all of the important
information to your vendors and webmasters as quickly and as concisely as
possible. With this information long detailed submission forms may soon be
a thing of the past! Submitting the PAD file will easily allow webmasters
access to all your information.</Char_Desc_450>
<Char_Desc_2000>Easily creates Portable Application Descriptions
(PAD) files for all your applications. Use PAD to get all of the important
information to your vendors and webmasters as quickly and as concisely as
possible. With this information long detailed submission forms may soon be
a thing of the past! Submitting the PAD file will easily allow webmasters
access to all your pertinent information. By using generic HTML documents
the PAD dataset can be easily expanded.</Char_Desc_2000>
</English>
</Program_Descriptions>
<Web_Info>
<Application_URLs>
<Application_Info_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad</Application_Info_URL>
<Application_Order_URL />
<Application_Screenshot_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/padgenscreen.jpg</Application_Screenshot_URL>
<Application_Icon_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/padgenicon.gif</Application_Icon_URL>
<Application_XML_File_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org/padinfo/padgen.xml</Application_XML_File_URL>
</Application_URLs>
<Download_URLs>
<Primary_Download_URL>http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/downloads/padsetup.exe</Primary_Download_URL>
<Secondary_Download_URL>ftp://ftp.asp-shareware.org/pad/padsetup.exe</Secondary_Download_URL>
<Additional_Download_URL_1 />
<Additional_Download_URL_2 />
</Download_URLs>
</Web_Info>
<Permissions>
<Distribution_Permissions />
<EULA>FREE USE LICENSE
<!-- THIS REMOVED FOR SPACE REASONS -->
</EULA>
</Permissions>
<ASP>
<ASP_FORM>Y</ASP_FORM>
<ASP_Member>Y</ASP_Member>
<ASP_Member_Number />
</ASP>
</XML_DIZ_INFO>
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