[LSC] Call for votes: Optional qualifiers for !LDRAW_ORG header

[Travis Cobbs]

a) YES
b) YES
c) YES

--Travis Cobbs

On 9/4/07, William Howard <william at howard-family.fsworld.co.uk> wrote:

>

>  IMPORTANT: This proposal replaces the one of 25 Aug 2007 with a very

> similiar title

> The only difference between the two is that the previous one only allowed

> for one optional qualifier, while this one allows for zero or more

> qualifiers

> -----------

>

> Background -

> http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/lsc/2007-August/000915.html

>

> This proposal is in THREE parts.

>

> A "no" vote for part a) will imply "no" votes for parts b) and c)

> A "yes" vote for part a) will require seperate votes for parts b) and c)

>

> ------------Beginning of proposal----------

> a) To add optional qualifiers to the !LDRAW_ORG meta-command.

> The new syntax for this meta-command becomes

>     0 !LDRAW_ORG Part|Subpart|Primitive|48_Primitive|Shortcut (qualifier

> (... qualifier)) UPDATE YYYY-RR

> (see http://www.ldraw.org/Article398.html).

> The  "Unofficial_" extension of Appendix I is still valid.

> There may be zero or more qualifiers per file.

>

>

> b) To define an "Alias" qualifier for the !LDRAW_ORG meta-command.

> The purpose of the Alias qualifier is to identify a part which is visually

> identical to another (often caused by LEGO using two differnet numbers, one

> for opaque and one for trans versions of the same part e.g.

> http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?s=32061, but more recently,

> there have also been new part numbers for well-established parts - such as

> brick 2x6).

> An alias file will typically, but not necessarily, contain only one

> sub-file reference (line type 1) entry

> A file with an Alias type qualifier must not refer to a file that itself

> has an Alias qualifier.

>

>

> c) To define a "Physical_Colour" qualifier for the !LDRAW_ORG

> meta-command.

> The purpose of the Physical_Colour qualifier is to identify a part which

> is encoded as a specific colour of a part e.g.

> http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?s=73311

> An alias file will typically, but not necessarily, contain only one

> sub-file reference (line type 1) entry, where the entry has a specific

> colour value and not colour 16

> ---------------End of proposal--------------

>

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