[Xml-bin] An attempt to sort things out
Al Snell
alaric@alaric-snell.com
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:10:21 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Stefan Zier wrote:
> > Ah, but communications protocols are just an application of data
> > representation, adding more data at each layer :-)
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> <comment type="smartass">
> ... whereas here data is converted between different representations
> </comment>
Email message -> strings -> packets -> bits? :-)
Not all protocol work is header-adding, the splitting into chunks /
encrypting / compressing / modulating (esp. that) are all conversions...
But you're right, we're splitting hairs :-)
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> ;)
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