Tool Development For Mapping In Source

[Democritus]

I know that the Hammer editor will be released to make maps, but I've had an idea for a tool that simplifies/abstracts mapping functions with the capability of doing some randomization of maps.

As of now, I read that the Hammer editor will not support plugins. The question I had is if the SPECS for the map format will be / are released anywhere so that a 3rd party mapping tool could be created for the Source engine.

Thanks ahead of time.