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Aidan Delaney <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: We will also use the GNU  free documentation licence (FDL).
Package: neo-LinuxConf
System name: neolinuxconf
Type: non-GNU

Description:
We propose to develop a specification for syntax and semantic description files 
(SSDFs).

We intend to devise a syntax description language.  This will allow developers 
to use their current flat text configuration files and augment them with a 
sperate syntax description file.  The syntax description file could be 
interpreted by arbitrary user interfaces in order to provide a single 
configuration tool for multiple applications.

A syntax description file should also allow a semantic description of entries 
in a configuration file.  This should be either a formal semantic description 
of the effects a configuration change will have on the system (difficult but 
preferred) or simply a textual description of the effects of a configuration 
change.

Deliverables of this project will be both a specification document of SSDFs and 
code libraries for easy implementation of user interfaces.

Other Software Required:
None yet.

Other Comments:
There is no current code.