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All I can say is : best of luck! --- Danny Ayers http://www.isacat.net <- -----Original Message----- <- From: Al Snell [mailto:alaric@a...] <- Sent: 10 April 2001 20:36 <- To: Danny Ayers <- Cc: Tim Bray; The Deviants <- Subject: RE: "Binary XML" proposals <- <- <- On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Danny Ayers wrote: <- <- > Ok then, take away speed & storage benefits, what gain is <- there from binary <- > XML? <- <- I'm mainly after speed and storage, but making the parser simpler appeals <- to me too, to a lesser degree. <- <- And let's not forget image. To many programmers, XML *looks* inefficient <- and awkward. That was my first thought when presented with the idea of <- using it for data interchange; luckily I was enamoured enough of the good <- work being done on various interesting schemas that suggested this data <- format (although technically lacking in many respects) may actually <- achieve "ubiquitous" status. <- <- In *my* binary XML format project I'm not just going for speed, storage, <- simpler parsing, and no more string quoting headaches; I'm also laying a <- foundation that extends XML, allowing for attributes with arbitrary <- markup, large binary objects inserted into XML, and something a little <- more flexible than entities for "including" stuff. Those "extra" features <- won't do anything when you're just processing normal XML through it, but <- if it takes off in a big way (which will require a lot of marketing on my <- part, I agree) and it becomes the ubiquitous format, then those neat <- features can start to be used in those good schemas. That's a bit of an <- idealistic dream, but You Never Know. <- <- > Danny Ayers <- <- ABS <- <- -- <- Alaric B. Snell <- http://www.alaric-snell.com/ http://RFC.net/ http://www.warhead.org.uk/ Any sufficiently advanced technology can be emulated in software
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