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Hi, Would you have a sense of how this binary representation comparse with that of ASN.1 [1]? Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton [1] http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/xml/ Tahir Hashmi wrote: > > Hi all! > > I have been through past discussions on this list and elsewhere about > efforts to streamline XML through methods like compression, > "binarization" etc. and also the reasons why such mechanisms are not > widely accepted. > > Seemingly, the fact that overall contribution of XML generation and > parsing to the performance of an application is too small to warrant > payoffs in flexibility is a deteriment to the adoption of binary XML > formats. With compression, one ends up spending more computation power > and saving in bandwidth usage is not enough to justify that extra > computation power. > > I have tried to develop a binary representation of XML that can be > directly generated and parsed (without intermediate forms), can offer > DOM and SAX interfaces, is quite compact and works for any document > type, provided that a specification (DTD as of now) exists. I also > expect it to be faster to parse and generate though I don't have test > data to verify this. > > I request you to review this project and conclude whether it is > worthwhile to develop further. Please see > http://xqueeze.sourceforge.net for details. This is still in > experimental stages and not complete or ready for deployment yet. > > Thank you. > > -- > Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) > http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir > tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in > > We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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