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- From: Andrew Layman <andrewl@microsoft.com>
- To: w3c-dsig-collect@w3.org, w3c-labels-WG@w3.org, "xml-dev Mailing List (E-mail)" <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 17:15:46 -0700
I see the the automatic reformating of our mail system rendered the
tables unreadable. I'll mail a spreadsheet and the sample data to
anyone who wants the data more readably, or wants to experiment.
--Andrew Layman
AndrewL@microsoft.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Layman [SMTP:andrewl@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 2:52 PM
> To: 'Tim Bray'; Ora Lassila; lauren@sqwest.bc.ca
> Cc: w3c-labels-WG@w3.org; w3c-dsig-collect@w3.org
> Subject: Sizes
>
> I ran some quick tests on file sizes, before and after compression,
> using a sample of five invoices with details. I ran the tests with
> XML,
> s-expressions, and XML with short end tags, and cross-tabbed this
> against Unicode vs. UTF-8 and compressed versus uncompressed.
>
> The bottom line is that, after LZW compression, there were no
> significant differences in file sizes. Prior to
compression, s-expressions were 65% of XML, and using
short end tags was 69%. (Neither of these, however, would
work for the "desparate PERL Hacker.")
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