variants.xml

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<!DOCTYPE VARIANTS [
    <!ELEMENT VARIANTS (DESCRIPTION, MAP_DEFINITION, VARIANT)>

    <!ELEMENT DESCRIPTION (#PCDATA)>

    <!ELEMENT MAP_DEFINITION (DESCRIPTION?)>
    <!ATTLIST MAP_DEFINITION
        id ID #REQUIRED
        title CDATA #REQUIRED
        URI CDATA #REQUIRED
        thumbURI CDATA #REQUIRED
        preferredUnitStyle CDATA #IMPLIED
        >

    <!ELEMENT VARIANT (DESCRIPTION, MAP, RULEOPTIONS?, POWER+, STARTINGTIME, VICTORYCONDITIONS, SUPPLYCENTER+, INITIALSTATE*)>
    <!ATTLIST VARIANT
            name CDATA #REQUIRED
            default (true|false) "false"
            version CDATA #REQUIRED
            aliases CDATA #IMPLIED
            >

    <!ELEMENT MAP (MAP_GRAPHIC*)>
    <!ATTLIST MAP adjacencyURI CDATA #REQUIRED>

    <!ELEMENT MAP_GRAPHIC EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST MAP_GRAPHIC
            ref IDREF #REQUIRED
            default (true|false) "false"
            preferredUnitStyle CDATA #IMPLIED
            >

    <!ELEMENT RULEOPTIONS (RULEOPTION+)>
    <!ELEMENT RULEOPTION EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST RULEOPTION    name CDATA #REQUIRED
                value CDATA #REQUIRED>

    <!ELEMENT POWER EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST POWER name CDATA #REQUIRED
            active (true|false) "true"
            adjective CDATA #REQUIRED
            altnames CDATA #IMPLIED
            >

    <!ELEMENT STARTINGTIME EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST STARTINGTIME  turn CDATA #REQUIRED
                allowBCYears (true|false) "false"
                >

    <!ELEMENT VICTORYCONDITIONS (WINNING_SUPPLY_CENTERS?, YEARS_WITHOUT_SC_CAPTURE?, GAME_LENGTH?)>

    <!ELEMENT WINNING_SUPPLY_CENTERS EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST WINNING_SUPPLY_CENTERS value CDATA #REQUIRED>

    <!ELEMENT YEARS_WITHOUT_SC_CAPTURE EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST YEARS_WITHOUT_SC_CAPTURE value CDATA #REQUIRED>

    <!ELEMENT GAME_LENGTH EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST GAME_LENGTH value CDATA #REQUIRED>

    <!ELEMENT SUPPLYCENTER EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST SUPPLYCENTER  province CDATA #REQUIRED
                homepower CDATA "none"
                owner CDATA "none"
                >

    <!ELEMENT INITIALSTATE EMPTY>
    <!ATTLIST INITIALSTATE  province CDATA #REQUIRED
                power CDATA #REQUIRED
                unit CDATA #REQUIRED
                unitcoast CDATA #IMPLIED
                >
]>
<!-- NOTE: it's very important that the name of the file will be variants.xml, in all lower case -->
<!-- NOTE: for CDATA escapes, no space between tag and bracket!! -->

<VARIANTS>
    <DESCRIPTION><![CDATA[7Islands]></DESCRIPTION>

    <MAP_DEFINITION id="7islands" title="7islands" preferredUnitStyle="modern"
        URI="7islands.svg" thumbURI="7islands.png">
        <DESCRIPTION>
        The traditional map with 7 extra islands.
        </DESCRIPTION>
    </MAP_DEFINITION>

    <VARIANT name="Seven Islands" version="1.0" default="true">
        <DESCRIPTION><![CDATA[7island]]></DESCRIPTION>
        <MAP adjacencyURI="std_adjacency.xml">
            <MAP_GRAPHIC ref="7island" default="true" />
        </MAP>
        <!-- this is the default, but it's here just as an example -->
        <RULEOPTIONS>
            <RULEOPTION name="OPTION_BUILDS" value="VALUE_BUILDS_HOME_ONLY" />
        </RULEOPTIONS>
        <POWER name="France" active="true" adjective="French" />
        <POWER name="Austria" active="true" adjective="Austrian" />
        <POWER name="Turkey" active="true" adjective="Turkish" />
        <POWER name="Russia" active="true" adjective="Russian" />
        <POWER name="England" active="true" adjective="English" altnames="Britain" />
        <POWER name="Germany" active="true" adjective="German" />
        <POWER name="Italy" active="true" adjective="Italian" />
        <STARTINGTIME turn="Spring, 1901, Movement" />
        <VICTORYCONDITIONS>
            <WINNING_SUPPLY_CENTERS value="21" />
            <YEARS_WITHOUT_SC_CAPTURE value="7" />
            <GAME_LENGTH value="35" />
        </VICTORYCONDITIONS>
        <!-- supply centers -->
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ank" homepower="turkey" owner="turkey"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="bel" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ber" homepower="germany" owner="germany"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="bre" homepower="france" owner="france"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="bud" homepower="austria" owner="austria"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="bul" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="con" homepower="turkey" owner="turkey"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="cor" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="cre" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="cyp" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="den" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="edi" homepower="britain" owner="britain"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="gre" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="hol" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ice" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ire" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="kie" homepower="germany" owner="germany"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="lvp" homepower="britain" owner="britain"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="lon" homepower="britain" owner="britain"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="mar" homepower="france" owner="france"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="mos" homepower="russia" owner="russia"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="mun" homepower="germany" owner="germany"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="nap" homepower="italy" owner="italy"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="nor" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="par" homepower="france" owner="france"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="por" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="rom" homepower="italy" owner="italy"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="rum" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="sar" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ser" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="sev" homepower="russia" owner="russia"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="sic" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="smy" homepower="turkey" owner="turkey"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="spa" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="stp" homepower="russia" owner="russia"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="swe" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="tri" homepower="austria" owner="austria"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="tun" />
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="ven" homepower="italy" owner="italy"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="vie" homepower="austria" owner="austria"/>
        <SUPPLYCENTER province="war" homepower="russia" owner="russia"/>
        <!-- unit placement -->
        <INITIALSTATE province="ank" power="turkey" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="ber" power="germany" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="bre" power="france" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="bud" power="austria" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="con" power="turkey" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="edi" power="britain" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="kie" power="germany" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="lvp" power="britain" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="lon" power="britain" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="mar" power="france" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="mos" power="russia" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="mun" power="germany" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="nap" power="italy" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="par" power="france" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="rom" power="italy" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="sev" power="russia" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="smy" power="turkey" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="stp" power="russia" unit="fleet" unitcoast="sc" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="tri" power="austria" unit="fleet" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="ven" power="italy" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="vie" power="austria" unit="army" />
        <INITIALSTATE province="war" power="russia" unit="army" />
    </VARIANT>
</VARIANTS>