OK, so I'm 3 1/2 months late with this posting, but in the spirit of better-late-than-never... SportsML is an open standard for structuring data on scores, schedules, standings, and stats, and anyone's free to adopt this XML vocabulary (a.k.a. XML DTD), contribute suggestions, produce applications, etc. As was noted in this space back in February, some big-league publishers are behind it. And we've got some big-league Sports Leagues interested, too. But I'd also love to see some grass-roots momentum among high schools, smaller leagues, etc., sending their box scores to web sites and newspapers in SportsML. Imagine all the localized searching and alerting applications that could be developed! Any suggestions on how to build up use of the standard? Email me at sportsml @karben14.com Alan Karben Chairman, SportsML Committee.
SportsML: The Sports Markup Language...
OK, so I'm 3 1/2 months late with this posting, but in the spirit of better-late-than-never... SportsML is an open standard for structuring data on scores, schedules, standings, and stats, and anyone's free to adopt this XML vocabulary (a.k.a. XML DTD), contribute suggestions, produce applications, etc. As was noted in this space back in February, some big-league publishers are behind it. And we've got some big-league Sports Leagues interested, too. But I'd also love to see some grass-roots momentum among high schools, smaller leagues, etc., sending their box scores to web sites and newspapers in SportsML. Imagine all the localized searching and alerting applications that could be developed! Any suggestions on how to build up use of the standard? Email me at sportsml @karben14.com Alan Karben Chairman, SportsML Committee.