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Many webservers and webbrowsers routinely pass HTML/XHTML/XML over the lines in a gzip'd format. Compression is orthogonal to the content. At least in java, 2 lines of code can add compression to an input or output stream. -bob On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Nick Johnson wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm new to the xml-dev list, so please forgive (and point out) any stupid > mistakes :P > The possibility occurred to me the other day that some applications, > particularaly those that can send a large number of messages frequently (eg, > peer-to-peer programmes) and those with low-bandwidth connections, would > benifit from a 'compiled' or 'compressed' form of XML - one in which as much > empty space and repetition as possible has been eliminated. The form of > compiled XML I was envisaging would have two main aims: 1) To decrease > message size, and 2) To make messages easier to parse & read. > I have come up with further ideas on this scheme, but I'd first like to know > a couple of things: Has this been done before (And if so, can someone point > me to it?), and is something like this a standard in the making? > > Thanks, > > Nick Johnson > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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