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Does the World Need Binary XML?

Posted by michael on from the using-gzip-would-be-too-easy dept.

sebFlyte writes "One of XML's founders says 'If I were world dictator, I'd put a kibosh on binary XML' in this interesting look at what can be done to make XML better, faster and stronger."

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  1. KISS by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On the face of it, compressing XML documents by using a different file format may seem like a reasonable way to address sluggish performance. But the very idea has many people -- including an XML pioneer within Sun -- worried that incompatible versions of XML will result.

    I agree with his point.

    What's wrong with just compressing the XML as it is with an open and easy-to-implement algorithm like gzip or bzip2?

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  2. Re:For Starters by Omega1045 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Why? Microsoft has done a fairly good job promoting XML and SOAP XML Web Services. As long as they stick to the standards (yes, I know) I see no reason to keep them out.

    IBM has actually tried to introduce some goofy stuff into the XML standards, like line breaks, etc, that should not be in a pure node-based system like XML. Why are not you picking on them in your comment?

    As far as SOAP and XML Web Services (standardized protocols for XML RPC transactions) Microsoft was way ahead of the pack. And I rather enjoy using their rich set of .NET XML classes to talk to our Unix servers. It helps my company interop.

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