Extended Position Description
Extended Position Description (EPD) is a standard for describing chess games and chess positions and an extended set of structured attribute values using the ASCII character set. It extends the Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) except for the halfmove clock and full move number which are not mandatory, but implemented as "operations" codice_1 and codice_2. It is intended for data and command interchange among chessplaying computer programs. It is also intended to represent portable opening library repositories.