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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+A general contract
+
+@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/>
+//-->
+<contract>
+ <!-- Parties of a contract are listed here. At least two, of course. //-->
+ <contract-party-list party-count="{?coutract_party_count?}">
+ <!-- All contract parties are enlisted with this tag. //-->
+ <contract-party>
+ <!-- The signer's data, for signer_type please refer to signer_types.xml //-->
+ <signer id="{?signer_id?}" type="{?signer_type?}" />
+ </contract-party>
+ </contract-party-list>
+ <!-- General contract data like data of signature or cancelation //-->
+ <contract-data id="{?id?}" type="{?type?}">
+ <!-- When this contract was signed. //-->
+ <signed timestamp="{?signed_timestamp?}" />
+ <!-- And when it was canceled. //-->
+ <canceled timestamp="{?canceled_timestamp?}" />
+ <!-- A short reason for cancelation. //-->
+ <cancelation-reason>
+ <![CDATA[{?cancelation_reason?}]]>
+ </cancelation-reason>
+ <!-- A free-text description. //-->
+ <description>
+ <![CDATA[{?description?}]]>
+ </description>
+ </contract-data>
+ <!-- The subject-(matter) of a contract. If this changes, the contract
+ needs to be renewed. //-->
+ <contract-subject>
+ <!-- @TODO We need to make this more XML than free text. //-->
+ <![CDATA[{?subject?}]]>
+ </contract-subject>
+</contract>