In [Iain M. Banks's *Excession*][1], there are several discussions between spaceships that are in a format that looks like a log file. It looks like this:

> (GCU Grey Area signal sequence file #n428857/119)  
> .  
> [swept-to-tightbeam, M16.4, [email protected]]   
> xGSV Honest Mistake 
> oGCU Grey Area 
> Take a look at this: 
> 
> oo 
> 
> (Signal sequence #n428855/1446, relay:) 
> 
> oo  
> 
> 1) [skein broadcast, Mclear, received @ n4.28.855.0065+]:  
> *!c11505* 
> oo 
> 
> 2) [swept beam Ml, received @ n4.28.855.0066-]: SDA.  
> C2314992+52  
> xFATC @ n4.28.855. 
> 
> oo  
> 
> 3) [swept beam, M2, relay, received@ n4.28.855.0079-]:  
> xGCU Fate Amenable To Change.  
> oGSV Ethics Gradient  
> & as requested:  
> Significant developmental anomaly.  
> C4629984+523  
> (@n28.855.0065.43392).

And so on...

Is there a cheat sheet or something that could help me to extract all the information contained in the headers and other sections of those discussions?





  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession