A Proposal for a Shadowrun XML Standard

bio

root/rpgcharacter/bio
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Content: identity *, race ?, gender (type: gendertype) ?, birthplace (type: string) ?, birthdate (type: datetime) ?, height (type: float) ?, weight (type: float) ?, eyecolor (type: string) ?, haircolor (type: string) ?, skincolor (type: string) ?, buildtotal (type: int) ?, earnedtotal (type: int) ?, earnedremaining (type: int) ?, archetype (type: string) ?, nature (type: string) ?, demeanor (type: string) ?, level (type: int) ?, assets ?, illustration (type: string) ?, history (type: string) ?, note (type: string) *, appdata (type: customdata) *

Description: The bio tag defines basic biographical information about a character.

• identity describes one of the character's real or false identities.
• race describes the character's race.
• gender describes the character's gender.
• birthplace describes the character's place of birth.
• birthdate describes the character's date of birth.
• height describes the character's height, in centimeters.
• weight describes the character's weight, in kilograms.
• eyecolor describes the color of the character's eyes.
• haircolor describes the color of the character's hair.
• skincolor describes the color of the character's skin.
• buildtotal describes the number of "points" used to build the character, for systems that use point-based systems.
• earnedtotal describes the number of "progress points" (e.g. XP, Legend Points, Karma Points, etc.) the character has earned.
• earnedremaining describes the number of "progress points" (e.g. XP, Legend Points, Karma Points, etc.) the character left to spend.
• archetype describes the character class (if the gaming system uses them) or the basic tenor of the character (if not).
• nature describes the nature of the character. In systems with a set concept of "alignment" or other moral ethic, that would be listed here.
• demeanor describes external "face" of the character.
• level describes the character's level, if any.
• assets describes the character's financial assets such as coins, cash, gems, stock, real estate, etc.
• illustration gives either a URL or file name for an illustration of the character.
• history describes the character's history.
• note a note about the character. There can be zero or more of these in a file.
• appdata a section to allow an application to write customized biographic data about the character. There can be zero or more of these in a file.

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