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Still the fact remains that XML is nothing but a
different form of comma delimited raw text data.
It has spawned more software, tools, discussions and
forums on just how to interpret this data.
The whole concept of writing <xxxxx> followed by
</xxxxx> is almost childlike in its simplicity and
wastefulness.
Why are someone talking about binary XML suddenly?
- Basudeb: a very late comer
--- "Hurd, Bruce" <Bruce.Hurd@nz.unisys.com> wrote:
> The two main differences between XML and struct's is
> that XML doesn't
> dictate the structure of the data whereas a struct
> does by definition.
> The second main difference is that XML is self
> describing. Sure you
> don't get context, that would be impossible to
> define in an open
> standard. For example, its not XML's job to tell
> you what a <book />
> means but it is its job to tell that it is a book.
> That's description.
> Where as the contents of a struct is merely a stream
> of bytes, there's
> nothing there but the content.
>
> These are the main reasons why XML became such a
> great standard. As
> soon as you define a structure you're also implying
> and/or limiting
> implementation which reduces the inter-operability
> of that data.
> Defining structure is the job of the data's author,
> not the transport
> mechanism.
>
> -Bruce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tech Rams [mailto:techmailing@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, 16 September 2005 12:06 p.m.
> To: Anil Philip; Michael Kay; 'xml dev'
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] basic qs - how is xml more
> flexible for
> exchanging data?
>
> I think Michael's point was precisely about binary
> data - no one has issues with text/ascii data
> (mostly).
>
> How can you guarantee that who ever is receiving the
> data (and whenever) will be able to reconstruct the
> structure you have, given Michael's points?
>
> -rams
>
> --- Anil Philip <goodnewsforyou@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I dont think you understood the post - I meant
> when
> > one transfers binary data (in a file or stream). I
> > am
> > not referring to C compilers and it's not about
> > metadata or validation. Where are you now?
> >
> > --- Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Two C compilers on different architectures would
> > > represent that structure
> > > quite differently. There's no data interchange
> > there
> > > at all except between
> > > identical machines with identical compilers
> > running
> > > identical applications;
> > > there's no scope for attaching metadata to the
> > > message; there's no scope for
> > > validation... Where have you been all these
> years?
> > >
> > > Michael Kay
> > > http://www.saxonica.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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