Lenex
| LEN Exchange Format | |
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| File extension : |
.lef
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| Developed by: | Alessandro Annunziato, Daniel Collet, Bert Goebel , Norbert Goepel, Peter Griedling, Christian Henny, Christian Kaufmann |
| Current version: | 3.0 (as of March 17, 2010) |
| Type: | Data exchange |
| LEN Exchange Format (packed) | |
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| File extension : |
.lxf
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| Developed by: | Alessandro Annunziato, Daniel Collet, Bert Goebel , Norbert Goepel, Peter Griedling, Christian Henny, Christian Kaufmann |
| Current version: | 3.0 (as of March 17, 2010) |
| Type: | Data exchange |
| Container for: | lef |
Lenex stands for LEN Exchange Format , a data format for the exchange of data in European swimming . The current version of the format is 3.0.
construction
Files in Lenex format usually have the file extension LEF or LXF. Files with the file extension LEF are usually UTF-8 encoded, the files with the file extension LXF contain a ZIP -packed LEF file.
The Lenex format is based on the XML markup language . There is currently no XML schema (XSD) available for the format . One reason for this may lie in the history, after all, the XML specification was only published by the W3C in 1998 and was therefore quite new and not yet well established when the Lenex format was being planned in 1999. In addition, there are additional restrictions associated with the format, which are difficult or impossible to represent in an XML schema.
All XML elements and attributes are described in detail in the Lenex documentation.
history
Through the initiative of the Swiss Christian Kaufmann, various developers, mainly former swimmers, came together in 1999 who had set themselves the task of developing a new data exchange format for swimming. The aim was to replace the widely differing national exchange formats with a uniform European format. Version 1 of the Lenex format was created and released in 2000.
The discussion and development of version 2.0 started in 2004. On October 12, 2004 the first public version 2.0 was released. The last change to this version was published on June 4, 2007.
Work on the current version 3.0 began in November 2008. On March 17, 2010, the production of this version was completed with the publication of the documentation by Christian Kaufmann.
Web links
- Official documentation of the Lenex 3.0 format
- Documentation Lenex Format (Version 2) ( Memento from March 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Documentation Lenex Format (Version 1) ( Memento from December 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )