[WF-Protocols] Summary of proposed file serializations

[Aglanor]

Here's a summary of the proposed file serializations for the Open Model
Format as of today:

* XML: human readable, for development and debugging. Lots of tools
around.

* IFF: binary, compact, efficient, proposed standard.

* YAML: human readable, more compact than XML.

* Bach: human readable, more compact than XML.

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	I'd like to note that given a data structure, any serialization is
possible, and translations between them, while keeping the information
intact, so IMHO we should just focus on decide just two for the model
format design:

	- one human-readable for initial development and debugging.

	- one final, most efficient format which will be used in practice.

	For the second one, binary IFF-like seems to be the natural choice, for
the first one seems people disagree a bit more. Shall we go on with the
discussion on requirements for meshes / submeshes so we can see more or
less which data structures are we going to serialize?


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Aglanor <aglanor at telefonica.net>