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Re: RFC: Attributes and XML-RPC

• From: "Steven Livingstone" <ceo@c...>
• To: "'XML Dev'" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:43:22 +0100

> Would it not also be true that using attributes rather than elements can
> also be more efficient in certain situations?
>
> In XML messaging for example, would it not be more efficient to use
> attributes accross the wire.
>
> Consider
>
> <person>
>     <name>Steven
>     </name>
>     <age>24
>     <age>
>     <height>1.87
>     </height>
>     <iq>7
>     </iq>
> </person>
>
> and an equivalent with attributes
> <person name="Steven" age="24" height="1.87" iq="7">
>
>
> The first has 79 characters and the second has 52. If we transferred 10
> peoples information accross the wires, we would need 270 "redundant"
> characters (2700 with 100 persons) !! 10 persons *is not* a lot of data
for
> the applications I often write.
>
> In the world of transferring data across the wire, this may be pretty
> important, especially with the recent converstions on XML-bin (binary XML)
> and the desire to speed up XML.
>
> Does <i>everyone</i> disagree?
>
> Cheers
> Steven
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Park <donpark@d...>
> To: <xml-dev@i...>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:11 PM
> Subject: RE: RFC: Attributes and XML-RPC
>
>
> > It is true that attributes are redundant in a sense but they are far
from
> > useless.
> >
> > Its unobtrusive nature helps solve problems like XML Namespace.  As Tim
> > mentioned, it does enhance readability.  DTD is a lot more friendly to
> > attributes.  With attributes, you can enforce 'just-once' constraint
> without
> > schema.  XHTML would look awefully funny without attributes.  The list
> goes
> > on and on.
> >
> > Redundancy seems like a waste until one ends up between a rock and a
hard
> > place.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Don Park    -   mailto:donpark@d...
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