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References to 'optimized XML' without a clear set of definitions for this. The slippery slope is evident. Again, this discussion will likely come up on the public binary list. It's not just another tool. It is another format or encoding. Very big difference. len From: Robin Berjon [mailto:robin.berjon@e...] Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > This will open Pandora's Box. What will? > Some applications do need a binary, such as X3D, > and are moving smartly to design one. And not surprisingly Web3D is part of the WG. > Terms such as 'optimized XML' scare me. Sometimes you need to reach into XML and use XPath. Sometimes you need to transform it and use XSLT. Or an API to it: DOM, SAX, etc. Sometimes you need validation: RelaxNG, XML Schema... Sometimes you need optimised interchange: you use an optimised format for XML, likely binary but not necessarily. It's just another tool.
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