<s>
BeerXML	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
fully	O
defined	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
description	O
standard	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
beer	O
brewing	O
recipes	O
and	O
other	O
brewing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
of	O
recipes	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
records	O
such	O
as	O
hop	B-Protocol
schedules	O
and	O
malt	O
bills	O
can	O
be	O
represented	O
using	O
BeerXML	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
brewing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeerXML	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeerXML	O
is	O
a	O
markup	O
language	O
that	O
defines	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
for	O
encoding	O
documents	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
both	O
human-readable	B-General_Concept
and	O
machine-readable	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
different	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
Brewtarget	B-Language
(	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
52,000	O
downloads	O
)	O
can	O
share	O
data	O
via	O
XML	B-Protocol
with	O
users	O
of	O
popular	O
proprietary	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Beersmith	O
and	O
or	O
upload	O
their	O
data	O
to	O
share	O
on	O
BeerXML	O
compatible	O
sharing	O
sites	O
and	O
cloud	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Brewtoad	O
(	O
over	O
50,000	O
registered	O
users	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
Beersmith	O
Recipe	O
Cloud	O
(	O
with	O
43,000	O
registered	O
users	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brewers	O
can	O
use	O
platforms	O
like	O
Brewblogger.com	O
to	O
create	O
recipes	O
and	O
log	O
their	O
brewday	O
for	O
publication	O
as	O
a	O
blog	O
and	O
for	O
export	O
to	O
databases	O
and	O
common	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaScript	B-Language
applications	O
such	O
as	O
brauhaus.js	O
(	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
Malt.io	O
recipe	O
sharing	O
site	O
)	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
local	O
machine	O
or	O
web	O
browser	O
for	O
execution	O
through	O
any	O
standards	O
compliant	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
;	O
where	O
a	O
fermentation	O
schedule	O
instruction	O
to	O
pitch	O
at	O
21	O
degrees	O
Celsius	B-Operating_System
,	O
allow	O
to	O
drop	O
to	O
17	O
over	O
three	O
days	O
and	O
then	O
decrease	O
by	O
1	O
degree	O
per	O
day	O
until	O
the	O
wort	O
reaches	O
10	O
degrees	O
,	O
hold	O
for	O
12	O
days	O
before	O
racking	O
for	O
maturation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
accommodated	O
within	O
the	O
formal	O
structure	O
requiring	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
informal/optional	O
and	O
non	O
machine	O
readable	O
fields	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hop	B-Protocol
oil	O
contributions	O
in	O
the	O
copper	O
are	O
not	O
explicitly	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
definition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
all	O
files	O
begin	O
with	O
a	O
header	O
line	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
header	O
a	O
record	O
set	O
should	O
start	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
…	O
or	O
…	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Required	O
XML	B-Protocol
Header	O
Example	O
with	O
Recipes	O
tag	B-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Tag	B-General_Concept
names	O
are	O
always	O
uppercase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
"	O
HOP	B-Protocol
"	O
is	O
acceptable	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
hop	B-Protocol
"	O
and	O
Hop	B-Protocol
"	O
are	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
records	O
have	O
a	O
required	O
<VERSION>	O
tag	B-General_Concept
that	O
denotes	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
that	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
will	O
be	O
backward	O
compatible	O
with	O
older	O
versions	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
VERSION	O
tag	B-General_Concept
allows	O
newer	O
programmes	O
to	O
check	O
for	O
a	O
higher	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
or	O
do	O
conversions	O
if	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
backward	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Record	O
Set	O
–	O
A	O
special	O
tag	B-General_Concept
that	O
starts	O
a	O
particular	O
set	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
table	O
that	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
hops	B-Protocol
records	O
might	O
start	O
with	O
a	O
tag	B-General_Concept
to	O
denote	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
hops	B-Protocol
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
last	O
record	O
,	O
a	O
tag	B-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Record	O
-	O
Denotes	O
a	O
tag	B-General_Concept
that	O
starts	O
or	O
ends	O
a	O
particular	O
record	O
—	O
for	O
example	O
"	O
HOP	B-Protocol
"	O
might	O
start	O
a	O
hops	B-Protocol
record	O
or	O
"	O
FERMENTABLE	O
"	O
might	O
start	O
a	O
fermentable	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
List	O
-	O
The	O
data	O
has	O
only	O
a	O
fixed	O
number	O
of	O
values	O
that	O
are	O
selected	O
from	O
the	O
list	O
in	O
the	O
description	O
table	O
for	O
the	O
tag	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
multiline	O
entries	O
,	O
line	O
breaks	O
will	O
be	O
preserved	O
where	O
possible	O
and	O
the	O
text	O
may	O
be	O
truncated	B-General_Concept
on	O
import	O
if	O
the	O
text	O
is	O
too	O
long	O
for	O
the	O
importing	O
program	O
to	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiline	O
entries	O
may	O
be	O
split	O
with	O
either	O
a	O
newline	O
(	O
Unix	B-Application
format	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
carriage	O
return	O
–	O
newline	O
combination	O
(	O
DOS	B-Device
format	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
default	O
value	O
should	O
be	O
specified	O
for	O
optional	O
fields	B-Application
-	O
the	O
default	O
is	O
used	O
if	O
the	O
value	O
is	O
not	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Floating	B-Algorithm
Point	I-Algorithm
-	O
A	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
,	O
usually	O
expressed	O
in	O
its	O
simplest	O
form	O
with	O
a	O
decimal	O
point	O
as	O
in	O
"	O
1.2	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
0.004	O
"	O
,	O
etc	O
...	O
Programmes	O
should	O
endeavor	O
to	O
store	O
as	O
many	O
significant	O
digits	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
avoid	O
truncating	O
or	O
losing	O
small	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temperature	O
Units	O
All	O
temperatures	O
are	O
measured	O
in	O
degrees	O
Celsius	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Units	O
All	O
times	O
are	O
given	O
in	O
minutes	O
or	O
fractions	O
thereof	O
–	O
unless	O
otherwise	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
tag	B-General_Concept
description	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
per	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
standard	O
,	O
all	O
non-standard	O
tags	B-General_Concept
should	O
be	O
ignored	O
by	O
the	O
importing	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
an	O
implementation	O
to	O
store	O
additional	O
information	O
if	O
desired	O
by	O
using	O
their	O
own	O
tags	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
tags	B-General_Concept
not	O
defined	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
standard	O
may	O
safely	O
be	O
ignored	O
by	O
the	O
importing	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
optional	O
'	O
Appendix	O
A	O
 '	O
adds	O
tags	B-General_Concept
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
display	O
of	O
brewing	O
data	O
using	O
XML	B-Protocol
style	O
sheets	O
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
compatible	O
report	B-General_Concept
generators	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
tags	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
appendix	O
are	O
for	O
display	O
only	O
and	O
may	O
include	O
rounded	O
values	O
and	O
varying	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
appendix	O
tags	B-General_Concept
are	O
intended	O
for	O
display	O
and	O
not	O
for	O
data	O
import	O
.	O
</s>
