Re: [xml-dev] terra incognita

["Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@allette.com.au>]

 From: "Clark C . Evans" <cce@clarkevans.com>
 
> It is this domain, data serialization that I think XML 
> is sub-optimal. 

XML is not a data serialization language.  It is a markup
language, where text (i.e. words and sentences) can be annotated. 

People who have been sold XML as a data serialization language
should be aware that XML was not designed to allow round-tripping
of arbitrary strings. To send arbitrary strings, encode in a bin64
or adopt some more appropriate technology (JNI, YAML, etc).

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe