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> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim.Shaw@w... [SMTP:Tim.Shaw@w...] > I agree with the arguments so far - just send lots of little > documents, and the protocol is just a layer on top, to be removed > by > the input stream processor. > > But, isn't the example below not wf XML - it doesn't seem to have > a > prolog? > You don't need a prolog to be well-formed ... > > I have no problem with that either - again, you need a client > side > stream processor to pick apart the XML ... what do I call them? > FSA > 'chunks' ... chunks and, using some client side determination, > add the > prolog - and then pass it to the XML parser as a WF (and > hopefully > valid) XML document. > > This is 'trivial', and interleaving the protocol stuff is no > great > problem (plenty of examples, and I've done it at least 5 times > for > different socket-based systems). > > My concern tho' is that we require a piece of Client-side stream > processing logic to pick up the XML 'chunks' and convert them to > Valid > WF XML - and this is not standard (read 'generally agreed' to > avoid > mention of inertia). > ... so you don't need to 'create' a document from the packets. However, I don't see any reason why we can't include prolog information in this model, if, for example, you need a DTD for the packets. > Regards, Mark xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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