[kde-edu]: kvtml is a begin, but it can be better: flashcard/dictionary file standardisation for the whole desktop

[Anne-Marie Mahfouf]

Hi,

Having a look at your wiki I see that the formats actually used now are:
kvtml, xml and ASCII
kvtml is a xml subset and we plan to improve it now that KWordQuiz replaces 
FlashKard in kdeedu.

So from my point of view, why not make kvtml the standard you propose if no 
other de-facto standard exists.

If you think that such a format can be made standard by being published on 
freedesktop.org, then yes! Could you think of someone acting as coordinator 
in this?
The problem is that in KDE-Edu we have many ideas but not many people to 
implement them. I for myself has enough work to do by managing the project 
and I cannot extend my commitment to this.

I note that you also made wishes for other edu applications (like integrating 
KHangMan closer with KWordQuiz) so why don't you act as coordinator for that 
sort of things? (better integration between different programs, having 
standards, contacting fellow edu developers,...).
Practically, I think that would mean talking with the KDE developers for 
setting adequate goals (3.3 is too soon so 4.0 it will be), setting up a 
webpage on edu.kde.org with objectives, links, ...., contacting the 
freedesktop people and maintaining a webpage here and contacting other 
projects.
We need someone to do this if we want to make progress (someone who is not 
me ;)

On the same sort of ideas, I have been contacted a while ago by the TuxPaint 
author and the GCompris author who want also to share pics and data from 
their progs (like the stamps from TuxPaint for example) (thus making a 
standard way of using data). I did not have time to follow this closely but 
this is related to your idea. I'll pass on all the relevant information.

So here we need people who are not developers but willing to help the project! 

Please come forward if you're interesting in contributing that way!

Anne-Marie