OmniCode

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OmniCode
Developer:	Greg Webster
Latest release:	0.1.7 / September 14, 2005
OS:	N/A
Use:	Internet self-classification code
License:	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
Website:	OmniCode Website

OmniCode is meant as a more comprehensive successor to the defunct Geek Code. Released under a Creative Commons license [1], it's free to use and alter with attribution for non-commercial purposes.

OmniCode has voluminous different categories and modifiers which are not code specific, allowing major flexibility in the amount and type of information presented. As well, it uses smaller code blocks at its most basic level, to allow more information to be stored in a smaller amount of text than was possible with the Geek Code.

The creator has announced that work has begun on version 1.0, and tools to create and decode it, to be released before the end of 2006.

[edit] Code categories as of version 0.1.7

• sx - Gender
• cm - Height
• kg - Weight
• sk - Skin colour
• ha - Hair colour
• ey - Eye colour
• es - Eyesight
• sp - Sexual preference
• Ag - Age
• an - Ancestry
• hd - Handedness
• Lo - Longitude and Latitude
• GM - Time zone and Daylight savings
• Zo - Astrological (Zodiac) sign
• rl - Religion
• LA - Language (Based on standard: ISO 639)
• Cr - Career
• Ed - Education
• Hb - Hobbies
• Pl - Political leanings
• Mv - Transportation
• Rl - Relationship status
• Kd - Children
• Pe - Pets
• MB - Myers-Briggs Personality type
• FH - Facial hair
• BA - Body Adornments (permanent or semi-permanent)
• UF - Your connection to a UserFriendly character
• IN - Time spent on the internet each day
• Ad - Addictions
• Pr - Programming Languages