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Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-03-12
I'd like to discuss this:
http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?tid=3128&pid=3128#pid3128
Should we change in http://www.ldraw.org/Article593.html:
Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the naming rules above (e.g. 33056.dat would be renamed to <MPD Filename> - 33956.dat).
to
Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the following naming rules:
<Set Number> - <Unofficial Part Number>.dat
<Set Number> is the the number printed on the model's container.
<Unofficial Part Number> is the unofficial part number assigned in that very moment
(e.g. 33956.dat would be renamed to <Set Number> - 33956.dat).
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Travis Cobbs - 2012-03-12
The only concern I have is the fact that it makes existing OMR-compliant files no longer compliant. I agree that it is a better way to name the parts.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Tim Gould - 2012-03-12
You might want to check your example
(33956 vs 33056)Tim
Oh crap. Reply in LSC. Sorry!
Tim
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-03-13
Fixed. Thanks for reporting.
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-03-13
So far I've got only a handful of OMR sets with unofficials I ship with the AIOI, which can be corrected in the wink of an eye if we change the specs now.
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Roland Melkert - 2012-03-13
Isn't it easier and more (and fully backwards compatible) to add the notion: the last ' - ' is to be used for splitting etc?
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-03-25
It is clear what <Set Number> stands for but <MPD Filename> could also be: 4896 - Roaring Roadsters - Roadster.mpd
and then we are going to have: 4896 - Roaring Roadsters - Roadster - 33956.dat
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-03-28
Comments?
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Travis Cobbs - 2012-03-29
I feel your proposed change makes sense. I don't understand Roland's question, though.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Roland Melkert - 2012-03-30
I thought the problem was an extra ' - ' in file names which leads to wrong deconstruction later on. You could avoid such problems by stating to only use the first / last ' - ' while splitting.
But like the referenced thread points out you need to split three things making things more difficult.
So if we keep the "setnr - name - unoff" format we should prohibit the use of ' - ' (or just '-'?) in the subnames.
f we keep only "setnr - unoff" prohibiting it in the setnr only should be enough for splitting.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-04-03
Hmmm ... things start getting messy. Since we have <Set Number>[ - <Optional Qualifier>] - <Individual filename> for the subfiles it might a good idea to change this as well to:
<Set Number>-[<Optional Qualifier>] - <Individual filename>
and consequently use:
<Set Number>-[<Optional Qualifier>] - <Unofficial Part Number>.dat
w.
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Willy Tschager - 2012-04-10
I'm going to call for a vote shortly for the following change. Please rise your voice if there is anything you cannot put up with:
Change in http://www.ldraw.org/Article593.html:
Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the naming rules above (e.g. 33056.dat would be renamed to <MPD Filename> - 33956.dat).
to
Quote:Unofficial parts are allowed to be used. The filename of the unofficial part is subject to the following naming rules:
<Set Number>[-<Optional Qualifier>] - <Unofficial Part Number>.dat
<Set Number> is the the number printed on the model's container.
<Optional Qualifier> is a sequential number, starting with 1, added if there is more than one set that could be assigned <Set Number>
<Unofficial Part Number> is the unofficial part number assigned in that very moment
(e.g. 33956.dat would be renamed to 3345 - 33956.dat or 3345-1 - 33956.dat).
Re: Unofficial files in the OMR - Roland Melkert - 2012-04-10
I'm ok with this.
Although I kinda hate breaking backwards compatibility the spec isn't that old yet so it shouldn't cause to much hassle.