[WF-Protocols] Proposals on common format

Clark C. Evans cce at clarkevans.com
Tue Jul 1 15:51:13 PDT 2003


On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 01:45:03PM +0200, Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:
| 1. I think it is best to use XML for the format for the following reasons:
|        - XML is standard.
|        - XML is easy to read and write. Lots of tools and libraries exist.
|        - XML can also be read/written in binary format if needed.

As an alternative, you may want to consider YAML.   YAML has the 
advantage that it doesn't have a 'DOM', that is, it uses native
lists and maps in memory.    http://yaml.org

Best,

Clark


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