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I began working on the overall design of the project. I am experienced with UML and formal design processes, so I will be drawing upon that expertise in order to make sure that my project is successful. The package diagram (designed to illustrate which distinct packages, or components of the software need to be developed) is attached.

The overall goal is to define a library which will transform (either on the fly, or offline) a COLLADA file to a Crystal Space world or library file using an XML translation process. Thus, an XML interpreter will be necessary. The idea is that both COLLADA and CS files are XML files, and should be verifiable. Thus, I might be able to diagnose and eliminate errors before they cause the program to crash or whatnot - if it's not valid XML, throw it out. Also, while the XML interpreter is going to be a class inside of my design schematics, I assume that Crystal Space already has an interpreter, as well as an XML File class.