RE: [xml-dev] XML2.0: Truncated End Tags (Was: Fixing what's broke)

["David Lee" <dlee@calldei.com>]

If you really value conciseness above all else there is always attributes

JSON:
{ "element" : { "a1" : "value1" , "a2" : "value2" }  }

XML
<element a1="value1" a2="value2"/>


This whole "JSON is more compact" theory is a red herring.



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David A. Lee
dlee@calldei.com
http://www.xmlsh.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Cordell [mailto:petexmldev@codalogic.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:22 AM
To: rjelliffe; Xml-Dev'
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML2.0: Truncated End Tags (Was: Fixing what's broke)


Original Message From: "rjelliffe"

> And, in an case, there is an alternative syntax available for end-tags 
> (from SGML natch), which is  </>.


I really like the idea of using </> as an end tag.  Comparing JSON Vs. XML 
with truncated end tags you have:

"MyString":"A string",
<MyString>A string</>

and

"MyInt":123,
<MyInt>123</>

For the string XML is one character shorter, and for the number XML is one 
character longer.  Allowing the parser to fill in missing end tag names 
would allow something like:

<MyElement>
    <MyString>A string</>
    <MyInt>123</>
</MyElement>

Maybe still not as pretty, but harder to knock it in terms of verbosity.

Pete Cordell
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