RE: [xml-dev] XML Binary Characterization WG public list availabl e

This will open Pandora's Box.

Some applications do need a binary, such as X3D, 
and are moving smartly to design one.  Terms such 
as 'optimized XML' scare me.  I shall be interested 
in the details of the other attempts, but on the 
appropriate list.  Thanks Robin.

len

From: Robin Berjon [mailto:]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> What is 'optimized XML"?

It's what many call "binary XML", or variants thereon. It just so 
happens that while many attempts at optimisation walk down the road of 
using a binary format, not all do.