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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+A general merchant template.
+
+@author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
+@version 0.0.0
+@copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 Ship-Simu Developer Team
+@license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+@link http://www.ship-simu.org
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+//-->
+<merchant>
+ <!-- General data about this merchant like id, type, summary or description. //-->
+ <general-data>
+ <id>{?id?}</id>
+ <name>{?name?}</name>
+ <type>{?type?</type>
+ <!-- A summary what this merchant is trading. //-->
+ <summary>
+ <![CDATA[{?summary?}]]>
+ </summary>
+ <!-- A full description about this merchant. //-->
+ <description>
+ <![CDATA[{?description?}]]>
+ </description>
+ </general-data>
+ <!-- The owner of this merchant. If left out the AI of the game will play
+ this merchant. //-->
+ <owner>
+ <company id="{?owner_id?}" />
+ </owner>
+ <!-- A detailed trading list of goods this merchant is trading. Amount, when
+ the first item was added or the last one was removed are being stored
+ with every goods. //-->
+ <goods-list>
+ <!-- A single goods this merchant is trading. //-->
+ <goods>
+ <id>{?goods_id?}</id>
+ <name>{?goods_name?}</name>
+ <type>{?goods_type?}</type>
+ <amount>{?goods_amount?}</amount>
+ <first-added>{?goods_added?}</first-added>
+ <last-removed>{?goods_remoed?}</last-removed>
+ </goods>
+ </goods-list>
+</merchant>