XML for Reporting Contest Scores
This page describes the use of XML documents to transmit the results from amateur radio contests in three different situations:
- Dynamic results - results that reflect the current score at points in time during a contest
- Claimed results - results that reflect the score claimed by the entrant at the end of a contest, but before any log checking has been performed by the contest sponsor
- Final results - results that reflect the official published score after log checking by the contest sponsor
Dynamic Results
Please send comments and suggestions about the most recent DTD version and/or proposed changes to xml4results[at]hornucopia[dot]com. If you want to be added to the e-mail distribution list for this project, please send a request to WA7BNM.
A complilation of postings to the distribution list is available at link.
- Current working draft (2006-Aug-06) is available for review at DTD Draft
Two example XML documents that use the current working draft of the DTD are available:
- Focus for the next version (0.21) of the DTD are the three areas not resolved as part of the review of the proposal that became Version 0.2
- Frequency/band designation
- QSO/mult breakdown by band
- Geographical hierarchy (country subdivisions, subdivisions of subdivisions)
- A draft (Version 0.2) XML DTD (2005-Nov-18) is available for review at DTD.
Two example XML documents that use the 2005-Nov-18 Version 0.2 DTD are available:
- Proposed changes to the Version 0.1 DTD based on the received comments are available for review at: proposed changes.
- Previous versions of the DTD are available:
- A summary of comments received on the 2005-Oct-30 draft (Version 0.1) DTD are available for review at: comments.
- Version 0.1
- Example XML files for specific contests based on Version 0.2 of DTD:
Claimed Results and Final Results
Draft DTDs for these types of contest results will be posted in the near future.
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Revision Date: August 6, 2006
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