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                  * The Bar and Bracket Markup Language *
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This document specifies version 1.1 of the BBML protocol.

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Structure
3. Tags
	3.1 Comments
	3.2 The BBML Tag


1. Introduction

	The Bar and Bracket Markup Language (BBML) is a markup language 
	aimed for creating organized files of data. Originally intended to 
	make documents easier to create, BBML has become more strict and 
	more for organizing data rather than creating documents.

2. Structure

	Tags in BBML are marked with square brackets ([ and ]), and 
	parameters are set off with a bar or pipe (|). The tag name is the
	first word (no spaces) inside a tag before a bar. If there is a 
	space where the tag name goes, then the tag is considered invalid, 
	resulting in an error.

		[tag_name|param=value]	[/ tag name is 'tag_name']
		[tag name|param=value]	[/ illegal]
		[tag_name]		[/ tag name is 'tag_name']
		[tag name]		[/ illegal]

3. Tags

	You may use any tags you wish, because it depends on the 
	interpreting side to display it. If the interpreting end does not 
	know how to interpret tag, it will simply ignore it.

	All tags follow the same format. There are no closing tags, as all 
	content is stored as a parameter inside the tag.

	The tag name is not allowed to contain a space, although parameters 
	and values are, and of course bars, brackets, and the equals sign 
	are all illegal characters. In order to store a bar, bracket, or 
	equal sign character, you must use special escape codes. %b is used 
	for a bar, %l is used for a left bracket, %r is used for a right 
	bracket, and %e is used for an equals sign. In order to use a 
	literal percent sign, you write two of them. Escaped characters 
	don't apply to tag names.

	Parenthesis indicate optional syntax:

		[tag_name(|param=value|param=value|...)]

	You can place as many tags on a line as you wish.

3.1 Comments

	Comments may be placed in BBML documents with the / tag:

		[/everything here is ignored by the interpreter]

3.2 The BBML Tag

	You should always place the following tag at the beginning of each 
	BBML document:

		[bbml]