To Do List
This is my current to do list for Magic Jar.
- Add more content, complete incomplete content.
- As I develop content for my in-house roleplaying games, and
use it up, place it online.
- Make a Formatting Object stylesheet, and use one of the FO
to PDF/PS formatters to generate print-quality content for
all the XML content on the site. This will probably also
involve me changing many of the currently HTML pages into
XML pages, and stop using HTML copying in the DTD (instead,
making up a simple, consistent formatting model for
roleplaying content).
- Create a DTD for the XML data I use.
- Use Namespaces more, so that the HTML-copying works out
better
- Create richer DTDs for things like characters, towns, etc.
Try to use existing DTDs (and other people's ideas) as much
as possible.
- Add a Contributions page, and make up some sort of ritual
for contributing content. Extend the DTD to include
authorship, but probably don't require people to submit in
XML. Sounds creepy.
- Have fun, and eat ice cream.
The Future of Magic Jar
One might ask where Magic Jar is going.
Well, in the very short term, I just keep adding content to
it. If others wish to submit content to Magic Jar, they are
welcome to: I'd like Magic Jar to grow and prosper. Any
contributions will be placed under the GDL, of course, so will be available to
all.
In the slightly longer term, I hope to make Magic Jar a
repository for content developed with the new d20 system from
Wizards of the Coast. See the Open Gaming
Foundation for more details about this new and exciting
development in the RPG world. I'm excited about the idea of a
mostly open gaming system that is widely used and distributed,
and so will support it here. I believe it will do good things
for the gaming industry.
Anyway, any suggestions or ideas about Magic Jar and where it
should go are greatly appreciated. Mail me at svincent@svincent.com
with your ideas.