Re: [xml-dev] XML Binary Characterization WG public list available

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Stephen D. Williams <>
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Michael Champion <>
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2004-04-12T17:23:11Z
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Re: [xml-dev] XML Binary Characterization WG public list available
Michael Champion wrote:

> On Apr 11, 2004, at 12:59 PM, Stephen D. Williams wrote:
>
>> I continue to disagree strongly on both points.
>
> I have no stake in ASN.1, but I'm not so sure about the point that 
> "you can't have it both ways."  It is common sense that you can't 
> optimize both speed and space simultaneously.  I can imagine formats 
> that are both faster and smaller than XML 1.0 but still faithfully 
> represent some flavor of the Infoset, however.  Can you say anything 
> about what you think one might look like?

That it is common sense doesn't make it a law of physics in every case.  
That said, speed of processing is one of my primary goals, not space 
efficiency, however I believe I can impact that very well also.

For details, check out:
http://esxml.org/w3cout/W3C_esXMLPres_big.html
http://esxml.org

I'm much closer to releasing code.

sdw

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