Re: [xml-dev] [Fwd: Re: The 11-pound solution (fwd)]

[Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>]

> <pontification flame-bait="true">XML is worse than ASN.1 for network protocols.
> Worse is better.  Deal with it.</pontification>

Only in terms of serialization.  In terms of other stuff -- e.g., 
development time, integration with Web servers, services, and
architecture -- ASN.1 bites.

Of course, ASN.1 is useless without a serialization, so let's say 
ASN.1/DER.
	/r$