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"Yes, the world needs this!"
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@textuality.com]
Sent: 26 January 2004 17:59
To: XML Developer List
Subject: [xml-dev] Genx c14n?
I think we're getting to the point where the most productive next step
is to implement the library and see how it works in practice. Except
for one issue:
Q: Should genx produce canonical XML output?
I've worked on a couple projects in recent months where the XML
messages would sometimes or always need to be signed, and I'm
developing the general feeling that the world holds a *lot* of dsig
technology; in private correspondence with some folks here I've heard
horror stories about what people do to get canonical XML: parse, load
into DOM, reserialize (a horror story in a high-volume app). So I had
the impression that if genx produced canonical XML that would be A Good
Thing particularly if the cost was low. The idea doesn't seem to be
getting much of a welcome here.
Would anyone like to take this opportunity to shout "Yes, the world
needs this!" or "No, the denominator of the cost/benefit ratio is
zero!".
Cheers, Tim Bray http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/
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