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• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Subject: Re: XML Binary Characterization WG public list available
• From: "Stephen D. Williams" <sdw@l...>
• Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:40:36 -0400
• Cc: 'Elliotte Rusty Harold' <elharo@m...>,Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>, xml-dev@l...
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Respectfully, it is my opinion that those that question whether we need 
a "one-size-fits-all-binary"  XML are making assumptions about how much 
of a negative tradeoff must be made in an optimized format.  Certainly 
with solutions like ASN.1 encoding, I would agree that the negative 
tradeoffs are unpleasant (fixed schema 'compilation', etc.). 

I believe however that several aspects of processing and representation 
can be optimized without severe tradeoffs and with a large net positive 
impact.  That's what we should assume is possible and work toward.

One aphorism that I have always liked:
"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."

Or the other saying by Joel A. Barker (according to: 
http://www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/authors/quotes_barker_joela.html 
):
"The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to 
make it.  Your successful past will block your visions of the future."

And yes, I have code.  I'm going back to it now.

sdw

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:

>Three doesn't go with one and two.  That 
>is the old bugaboo about scaling that some are 
>beginning to realize is mythInformation in the 
>web lore.  The question is always 'interoperate 
>with which systems?'.
>
>The web is not an information space, or at 
>least, not one information space.  That is 
>lore.  It is lots of little systems interoperating 
>with each other and some of them using HTTP 
>to do that to create small and large 'information 
>spaces' within the same addressing system.  
>Formats vary by system.  URIs are always URIs.
>
>That brings us back to the real issue: do 
>we really need one-size-fits-all-binary? 
> 
>I for one, doubt we do. Some of us do need 
>a binary.   Some sizes fit most and I think 
>that that is what some think they will get 
>from this WG.  We'll see.
>
>len
>
>
>From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:elharo@m...]
>
>I think we may have this set of choices:
>
>1. Minimum size
>2. Maximum Speed
>3. Interoperable
>
>Pick any one. :-)
>
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