The Dragon Code is a short form way for those in the Dragon community to describe exactly what they are. It is used primarily in Usenet post or e-mail signatures to reduce the amount of text one would need for a proper description.
The code itself consists of a number of 'tags' that represent various characteristics. These tags start with a symbol that indicates what the tag represents, and are followed by other symbols that indicate the strength of (or otherwise modify) that characteristic. The most common modifiers are the + and - symbols, the number of which determines how strong (or weak) that characteristic is.
You can easily identify the Dragon Code from all the other codes that are present because it always starts with the letters DC. Because the Original Dragon Code started with DC and this revised code is somewhat different (and not compatible with the old code), all Revised Dragon Codes should start DC2.
The Revised Dragon Code's tags are presented in an arbitrary order below, however you may put them in your code in any order you wish (though keeping them in the order they are presented helps others to decode them). You do not even have to include all of the tags - none of the tags are mandatory including the Species tag. When presenting your own Dragon Code you may want to put spaces between the tags to aid others in reading it, but this is not mandatory either as you can omit spaces if there is not enough room; the only time a space is required between tags is when you omit your Species altogether, in which case a space is required after the initial DC2..
Still confused? Well click on the link below and have a read through the tags. You'll soon get the hang of it!
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This page was last updated on 10th January 2004.