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Stapleton Business Solutions Ltd proposes that all developers of competition software for camera clubs support an open format for interchange of competition data. In this way, we can encourage inter-club digital projected image competitions. We propose the following XML format...

<xml version="1.0">

<Club name=string> Name of the club

<Email>string</Email> E-mail address for entries

<ProjectorHRes>number</ProjectorHRes> Horizontal resolution of the projector (pixels)

<ProjectorVRes>number</ProjectorVRes> Vertical resolution of the projector (pixels)

<MaxFileSize>number</MaxFileSize> Maximum image file size permitted

<PreferedFileType>string</PreferedFileType> Preferred file type (eg jpg, till, png)

</Club>

<Competition name=string maxScore=number> Competition name; maximum score

<SingleWinner>True/False</SingleWinner> True if single winner is required

<ForReview>True/False</ForReview> True if for review (no scoring)

<Club>string</Club> Club name

<Date>date</Date> Competition date

<DOW>number<DOW> Usual day of the week for recurring competitions

<Title>string</Title> Competition title

<Folder>string</Folder> Folder where images are stored - omitted if in same folder as XML

<Judge>string</Judge> Name of the judge

<Portfolio>True/False</Portfolio> True if this is a portfolio competition

<MaxClasses>number</MaxClasses> Maximum number of classes one author may enter

<MaxEntries>number</MaxEntries> Maximum number of images an author can submit in all classes

<Class name=string multiImage=> Class name

<MaxEntries>number</MaxEntries> Maximum number of images an author can submit in this classes

<Entry image=string> Name of the image file

<Author>string</Author> Name of the author (photographer)

<Title>string</Title> Title for display

<Description>string</Description> Description for score sheets

<ID>number</ID> Unique number within this competition

<Club>string</Club> Author's club

<Email>string</Email> Author's e-mail address

<Score>number</Score> Score for the image

<Rank>number</Rank> Rank of the image within the class

</Entry>

</Class>

</Competition>

</xml>

Additional tags used within the PhotoCompViewer suite

<Competition>

<ShowLogo>string</ShowLogo> Windows path to the image to be shown as the club logo

<CertLogo>string</CertLogo> Windows path to the image to be used on certificates

<Delay>string</Delay> Length of time (in seconds) that each image is displayed when shown continuously

<StartUpClass>string</StartUpClass> The class shown first

<Class multiImage=> True if this is a multi-image class (eg portfolio)

<Entry>

<Image>string</Image> Name of additional image file(s) in a portfolio entry


<xml version="1.0">
	<Club name=string>				Name of the club
		<Email>string</Email>			E-mail address for entries
		<ProjectorHRes>number</ProjectorHRes>			Horizontal resolution of the projector (pixels)
		<ProjectorVRes>number</ProjectorVRes>			Vertical resolution of the projector (pixels)
		<MaxFileSize>number</MaxFileSize>			Maximum image file size permitted
		<PreferedFileType>string</PreferedFileType>			Preferred file type (eg jpg, till, png)
	</Club>

	<Competition name=string maxScore=number>				Competition name; maximum score
		<SingleWinner>True/False</SingleWinner>			True if single winner is required
		<ForReview>True/False</ForReview>			True if for review (no scoring)
		<Club>string</Club>			Club name
		<Date>date</Date>			Competition date
		<DOW>number<DOW>			Usual day of the week for recurring competitions
		<Title>string</Title>			Competition title
		<Folder>string</Folder>			Folder where images are stored - omitted if in same folder as XML
		<Judge>string</Judge>			Name of the judge
		<Portfolio>True/False</Portfolio>			True if this is a portfolio competition
		<MaxClasses>number</MaxClasses>			Maximum number of classes one author may enter
		<MaxEntries>number</MaxEntries>			Maximum number of images an author can submit in all classes

		<Class name=string multiImage=>			Class name
			<MaxEntries>number</MaxEntries>		Maximum number of images an author can submit in this classes

			<Entry image=string>		Name of the image file
				<Author>string</Author>	Name of the author (photographer)
				<Title>string</Title>	Title for display
				<Description>string</Description>	Description for score sheets
				<ID>number</ID>	Unique number within this competition
				<Club>string</Club>	Author's club
				<Email>string</Email>	Author's e-mail address
				<Score>number</Score>	Score for the image
				<Rank>number</Rank>	Rank of the image within the class
			</Entry>

		</Class>
	</Competition>
</xml>


<Competition>
	<ShowLogo>string</ShowLogo>			Windows path to the image to be shown as the club logo
	<CertLogo>string</CertLogo>			Windows path to the image to be used on certificates
	<Delay>string</Delay>			Length of time (in seconds) that each image is displayed when shown continuously
	<StartUpClass>string</StartUpClass>			The class shown first
	<Class multiImage=>			True if this is a multi-image class (eg portfolio)
		<Entry>
			<Image>string</Image>	Name of additional image file(s) in a portfolio entry