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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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