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RE: Binary XML
- From: Fotios <f_bass@yahoo.com>
- To: The Deviants <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:43:10 +0100
>
> Quoting Mark Feblowitz <mfeblowitz@frictionless.com>:
>
> > I understand that not all uses of XML are via HTTP, but isn't there
> > work
> > going on in the HTTP world to add compression?
>
> HTTP has, for a long time, supported bit-transparent compression
> like deflate
> (aka gzip), just the browsers don't often bother sending the
> header that says
> "C'mon! You can send it compressed!".
>
> ABS
>
Compression is within network protocol stacks anyway. It is also implemented
in modem hardware.
Later,
Fotios
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