Standard configuration files

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Hi!

I've been working with Linux for a few years now and one of the things I
like most about it is the possibility of configuring everything by modifying
readable text files. This is good but if you need to configure several
services you may ask yoursel: why are all the configuration files for all
the services so different? couldn't we come out with a standard file format
that all services, devices, etc would use? What do you think? Here some
ideas to begin with:
1. It'd have to be based in XML-dtd. Two important reasons, first it's a
widely used standard, and second it's readable enough... and I can think of
another one: it can describe very complex models.
2. There are already some services that use this kind of configuration
files: tomcat... there's a place to start.

Any suggestions are welcomed,

Pedro.

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<br>Hi!<br><br>I've been working with Linux for a few years now and one of the things I like most about it is the possibility of configuring everything by modifying readable text files. This is good but if you need to configure several services you may ask yoursel: why are all the configuration files for all the services so different? couldn't we come out with a standard file format that all services, devices, etc would use? What do you think? Here some ideas to begin with:
<br>1. It'd have to be based in XML-dtd. Two important reasons, first it's a widely used standard, and second it's readable enough... and I can think of another one: it can describe very complex models.<br>2. There are already some services that use this kind of configuration files: tomcat... there's a place to start.
<br><br>Any suggestions are welcomed,<br><br>Pedro.<br>

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