Another, very light sector notation. The two characteristics are:
(1) section delimiting text for easy discovery of blocks
(2) key: "value" pairs for easy and consistent parsing
Other than these, it keeps a relatively free order of data. Any amount of key:value data can show up in each section, except for the sector data of course. It has very low overhead; lower than a standard generalized document format notation. It still pretty much requires regular expressions for parsing the UWP data.
Finally, the format LOOKS like plain text, and not unlike the usual SEC format. It looks natural; it's just regularized a bit.
Example.
(1) section delimiting text for easy discovery of blocks
(2) key: "value" pairs for easy and consistent parsing
Other than these, it keeps a relatively free order of data. Any amount of key:value data can show up in each section, except for the sector data of course. It has very low overhead; lower than a standard generalized document format notation. It still pretty much requires regular expressions for parsing the UWP data.
Finally, the format LOOKS like plain text, and not unlike the usual SEC format. It looks natural; it's just regularized a bit.
Example.
Code:
META
Alt: "Sector iH"
Coord: "iH"
DOS: "alphacru"
Milieu: "Second Survey"
Ref: "10080 Ring/Ray 62864"
Sector: "Alpha Crucis"
SUBSECTORS
A: "Lazzerton"
B: "McKenzie"
C: "Dagir"
D: "Alba"
E: "Orichalc"
F: "Auva"
G: "Oriah"
H: "Fervore"
I: "Denebola"
J: "Veracruz"
K: "Vlad"
L: "Addison"
M: "Ziusudra"
N: "Regulus"
O: "New Holland"
P: "Galloway"
NOTES
DATA
Pack 0102 C680879-5 De Ri 811 Im G V +M V
Ximenes 0105 B430413-8 De Ni Po 314 Im M V
Bolivar 0106 D354530-3 Ag Ni 400 Im K V
Ranim 0108 C899587-6 Ni 111 Im G V K V
Harran 0110 C452332-8 Lo Po 202 Im G V +M V
Carbuncle 0201 A7308A7-A De Na Po 902 Im G V
Graff 0203 B98A7BA-9 Wa 214 Im M V M V
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