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RE: "Binary XML" proposals
- From: Al Snell <alaric@alaric-snell.com>
- To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:08:16 +0100 (BST)
> Interesting RFC. they also find they
> have to cope with mixed models by altering
> the structure (the text tag).
"method 02 for the wonderful "deflate" algorithm which comes from the
"zip"-people."
- it's the new All Your Base! The invasion of the
zip-people!
(sorry, couldn't resist. Back to reality...)
The idea is sound, but including compression and encryption *within* the
data files is questionable; there is a justifiable (but also
attackable) argument for putting encryption and compression at the
transport level, rather than the encoding level.
Also, chunks are given numeric IDs, rather than human readable names; this
means that uses of the format aren't particularly meaningful without
external documentation stating the allocation of numeric IDs.
Hmmm...
ABS
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Alaric B. Snell
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