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Can someone explain to me the idea behind binary XML. My initial interest in XML was due to the pitfalls of using binary distributed objects such as COM / CORBA. The protocols worked fine but had major problems when presented with a firewall and security settings. I am just interested in how binary XML will circum-navigate all the security scares that the doom & gloom consultants attach to binary methods. -----Original Message----- From: mrossi@c... [mailto:mrossi@c...] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:30 PM To: xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: Request: Techniques for reducing the size of XML instances Well we've really come full-circle haven't we? :-) The various minimization features of SGML (SHORTTAG, DATATAG, OMITTAG) would mostly allow for your first option. You'd need SOME tags, but how many depends on the structure of your vocabulary. As for your second option, you're right. Lots of people are pursuing some form of binary XML. Unfortunately, someone else will have to provide the roundup as I don't have a good grip on all of those at the moment. This topic comes up occasionally, so you might want to check back through the archives for threads on compression and such. I recall there were also some techniques discussed for compression based on lement patterns or some such thing, very similar to SGML minimization. Hope that helps. Michael A. Rossi Computer Sciences Corporation mailto:mrossi@c... 856-983-4400 x4911 "Roger L. Costello" To: xml-dev@l... <costello@mit cc: re.org> Subject: Request: Techniques for reducing the size of XML instances 07/26/01 12:06 PM Hi Folks, Does anyone have a summary of techniques for reducing the size of XML instances (as would be required in limited bandwidth applications)? XML instance minus tags: Are there techniques for reducing the size of XML instances by simply stripping off the tags (thus maintaining an ASCII document)? [It is not clear to me how the receiver of such a tagless document would regenerate the original instance document.] Binary Compression: I am sure that there are lots of tools to binary compress XML instances. Does anyone have a summary of such tools? /Roger ------------------------------------------------------------------ The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l...
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