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Applications are already allowed to create binary representations of XML - this is typically what a parser does. These binary representations are currently proprietary. Some of them are persistent, as in some XML databases. The real question is whether we need a standard for binary representations of XML that can be exchanged. If the argument is based on efficiency, then a standard may actually cause difficulties - a given representation may be very efficient in some scenarios, but not in others. And as the state of the art evolves, we may discover more efficient ways to exchange XML than those known at the time a standard was devised. If we had some industry experience with a binary representation that more efficient in the range of applications for which it was devised, and we had reason to believe that the format we choose this year is not significantly different from the format we might want for efficient exchange 5 years from now, I think it would be a good idea. Jonathan
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