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RE: Binary XML == "spawn of the devil" ?

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• Subject: RE: Binary XML == "spawn of the devil" ?
• From: Robin LaFontaine <robin@d...>
• Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:06:56 +0100
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There was a paper in this area by Daniel Winkowski (Mitre Corp) at 
XML 2002 in Baltimore, with the title, "XML Sizing and Compression 
Study for Military Wireless Data" [1]. Conclusion was as far as I 
remember from the presentation: XML+compression is best!

There are similar arguments when developing a delta format for XML to 
represent changes, there are compact and not so compact ways to do 
it. But XML is a text format and keeping to the spirit of this is 
best in the long run. Certainly that is what we have endeavored to do 
with DeltaXML.

Robin La Fontaine
DeltaXML: Change Control For XML, in XML
http://www.deltaxml.com

[1] http://www.idealliance.org/papers/xml02/slides/winkowski/winkowski.pdf

At 3:48 pm +0100 25/7/03, Paul Spencer wrote:
>  > From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@m...]
>>  Sent: 25 July 2003 12:26
>>  Paul Spencer scripsit:
>>
>>  > They tried XML down the wire with very simple compression and found that
>>  > they were transferring data faster than previously.
>>  >
>>  > This will have to stay as anecdotal as I cannot describe the application
>>  > further.
>>
>>  I understand that you are isolated behind a firewall, but can you at
>>  least say what is meant by "very simple compression"?
>
>I wasn't involved at that stage of the project, so I'm not certain. I think
>it was a zip format, but it could have been a line-level compression such as
>V.42(?). Hence my comment that this should be treated as anecdotal. I will
>see if I can get more information and permission to publish.
>
>Paul Spencer
>
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