+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+This is a general research proposal template. A research is the theoretical
+requirement to gain a specific technology or to be able to construct special
+buildings, ships et cetera. A research may not be gainable but conductable e.g.
+in a research lab.
+
+@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/>
+//-->
+<research-proposal>
+ <!-- General data of this research like id, summar or description. //-->
+ <research-data id="{?id?}" type="{?type?}">
+ <!-- @TODO We need to add something that allows the simulation to e.g.
+ @TODO decrease building time or higher efficience of certain
+ @TODO facilities. Currently, a research proposal is only used as a
+ @TODO depency. //-->
+ <!-- A brief summary for this research proposal. //-->
+ <research-summary>
+ <![CDATA[{?summary?}]]>
+ </research-summary>
+ <!-- A full description for this research proposal. //-->
+ <research-description>
+ <![CDATA[{?description?}]]>
+ </research-description>
+ </research-data>
+ <!-- This is somewhat a "research history". //-->
+ <research-level-list>
+ <!-- A research level X has its own brief summary and a full description.
+ It also can have depencies which makes it possible to add different
+ depencies for higher research levels. //-->
+ <research-level level="{?level?}">
+ <!-- When the research of this level has been started ... //-->
+ <research-started timestamp="{?started?}" />
+ <!-- ... and when it has ended so when the research results are
+ available. //-->
+ <research-finished timestamp="{?finished?}" />
+ <!-- A brief summary for this research level. //-->
+ <level-summary>
+ <![CDATA[{?level_summary?}]]>
+ </level-summary>
+ <!-- A full description for this research level. //-->
+ <level-description>
+ <![CDATA[{?level_description?}]]>
+ </level-description>
+ <!-- A research level may depend on none, some or all of these
+ 'depency types'. We are doing this this way to keep this XML
+ simple but still flexible enougth to fit all proposal needs. //-->
+ <technology-depency-list>
+ <technology-depency id="{?technology_id?}" level="{?technology_level?}" />
+ </technology-depency-list>
+ <research-depency-list>
+ <research-depency id="{?research_id?}" level="{?research_level?}" />
+ </research-depency-list>
+ <building-depency-list>
+ <building-depency type="{?building_type?}" />
+ </building-depency-list>
+ </research-level>
+ </research-level-list>
+</research-proposal>