Game Metadata Terms

This namespace exists for the use of game UIs, and -- more importantly -- pluggable resource files. A resource file can include important information about itself in a metadata element. The UI file can then call the metadata() function (see the ECMAScript API) to retrieve this information.

The namespace of these terms is http://volity.org/protocol/gamedata. We recommend that you use game: as the XML namespace prefix, but this is not required.

Sample Metadata Element

  <metadata 
    xmlns:volity="http://volity.org/protocol/metadata"
    xmlns:game="http://volity.org/protocol/gamedata">
    <volity:provides-ruleset>http://volity.org/resource/glotz#2</volity:provides-ruleset>
    <game:card-size>3</game:card-size> 
    <game:has-joker>yes</game:has-joker> 
  </metadata>