[Xml-bin] Some central design issues

[Al Snell]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Anjana Manian wrote:

> I am wondering whether we really need a binary xml specification? Assume
> we have one, in which case, our compressed stream output would be
> compliant to the binary xml format. But in any case we are providing
> ways and means to generate the text xml from the binary format and vice
> versa. So the end user may continue working with the text format without
> bothering about the way the binary format is created and stored!

That's fine for end users, but computers need standard ways of
communicating too :-) If interoperable binXML becomes a reality,
conversion to text will only be necessary when the document is about to be
examined by a human...

> Thanks,
> Anjana

ABS

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