Article:		Binary Killed the XML Star?
Subject:		Is it really so bad?
Date:		2003-11-24 01:19:53
From:		James Fuller
Response to: Is it really so bad?
a few ruminations; - transmitting xml in a binary format is a type of transport - saving xml in a binary format is a type of long term storage format - xml has clearly been defined as text based - processing a binary structure that contains xml is something fundamentally 'different' then processing xml, and trying to preserve some sort of analog with xml processing is a bit strange and I think a very deep rathole In any event, most of the requirements linked to 'binary' xml is the need to optimise...early optimisation is a definate antipattern. The loss in 'human readability' in designing and implementing such binary xml applications will add significant penalties. Lets put our trust that hardware will eventually solve the problem, it always has in the past.

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