Sharing data

Strange but interesting timing here.

I planned tonight to work on the data I'll make public for the game. This data will provide state of the world that will show how good/bad you're doing compared to other players.

And then this link popped in my RSS reader: http://www.burningsea.com/page/news/article&article_id=10707

Pirates of the Burning Sea has an interesting article about how they handle data sharing. I'll probably pick a thing or two from them and apply this to my own system.