[gmx-developers] XML files

[David van der Spoel]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Anton Feenstra wrote:

>> As I see it, in GROMACS 4.0 we will completely move to XML, meaning tpr
>> files will be read only.
>
>Good. That should also mean that most things will then be up-and-down
>wards compatible (that is, between any 4+ versions)?
In principle yes, with proper versioning in the DTDs that should be 
possible. Further changes will be the demise of the following files:
.top
.itp
.gro
.mdp
.tpr
.tpb
.tpa

Although conversion tools will be necessary of course.

-- 
Groeten, David.
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