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PavitraA@r... wrote: >Dear All, > >I am new to xml so keeping that in mind can you please put osome light on > >I) What Binary XML really mean?? > 1)Is it compiled form of XML into Byte code OR > 2)Is it compressing XML using some algorithms OR > 3)Is it something else?? > Binary in many cases means that the readability requirement is removed which means that the *same* information as in regular XMLtextual files may be packaged in other and more time / space efficient ways. In some approaches the markup is removed and the schema is assumed to be implicitly present at both the readers and writers side and in other approaches such a mine (BML) markup plus datatyping is always present. See Markup levels <http://openebxml.sourceforge.net/realization/components/bml/documents/BML-design.html> > > >II)What is the difference between Binary XML and XML Serialization?? > Same serialization principles but the endresult is more compact and usually not readable by humans. See <http://openebxml.sourceforge.net/realization/components/bml/documents/BML-design.html> for a list of different "representations" in BML. > >I am quite confused on this topic why at all it is required ? > * Performance: approx more that 8 times faster when going from stream to in memory representations * Size: 10-80% or in some cases more. * Smaller code libraries * Easier to write parsers BML home page: <http://openebxml.sourceforge.net/realization/components/bml/bml.html> /anders -- /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ / Anders W. Tell , Financial Toolsmiths AB / / email: <anderst@t...> <http://www.toolsmiths.se> / / BML: http://openebxml.sourceforge.net/Projects/BML/bml.html / /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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