Cameron Kaiser &lt;spectre(a)floodgap.com&gt; wrote: Not sure about that, here is what I have at this early design stage (the list of properties will definitely grow, these were just the first that popped into my head): StarMatch profile format: First line: M for member, A for applicant, C for new E-mail address for a member pending confirmation. Followed by information lines, then a blank line, then the essay until EOF. Each information line begins with a type letter followed immediately by data. The first letter is A for internal administrative data like the password, everything else is the user's input. All administrative lines must precede the user's lines. The following lines are defined: ACcookie expire Indicates that E-mail confirmation is required. cookie must be supplied in the E-mail, expire is time_t in decimal. AM If present, subscribe to starmatch-ml AOoldemail Only in 'C' files, specifies the old E-mail address. APpassword BMJD x Birthdate as MJD (canonical) BYYYY-MM-DD Gregorian birthdate allowed in input, converted to MJD D (for date) single and looking if present, looking for friends only otherwise. Hurl Home page Iurl Picture URL, may be on our site if we host it Llat[NS]long[EW] Location, lat and long are atof-able floating point latitude and longitude in degrees. Alternatively, in input lat and long may be <num>d<num>'<num>" or <num>d<num>m<num>s, converted to floating point. NReal Name Real name Pproperty=value Any properties one can think of Pproperty (without value) flag properties Scode Sex and orientation, code is M/F for straight, MB/FB for bi, L for Lesbian, G for gay male. Properties currently defined: baue=<n> Been to Bay Area UFO Expo <n> times baue=S Been a speaker at Bay Area UFO Expo cbbw Is a proud CBBW concon=<n> Been to Conspiracy Con <n> times concon=S Been a speaker at Bay Area UFO Expo courage Courageous freedom fighter, not afraid of the shadow govt exop active interest in exopolitics height=<num>cm Canonical, num may be integer or float height=<int>'<int>" allowed in input, converted to cm iufoc=<n> Been to the International UFO Congress <n> times iufoc=S Been a speaker at the International UFO Congress mufon Member of pagan self-explanatory ufo active interest in UFOs weight=<num>kg Canonical, num may be integer or float weight=<num>{lb,lbs,#} allowed in input, converted to kg, num may be int or float wiccan self-explanatory xconf=<n> Been to the X-Conference <n> times xconf=S Been a speaker at the X-Conference