[WF-Protocols] Discussion on Open Model Format

[Cody Russell]

On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 01:59, Eason Choo wrote:
> This is old, i should've posted my change of vote, i'm all for just 
> XML,( and binary xml- if necessary), since xml parsers/writers are very 
> easily availbale.

Binary XML is not XML at all.  I talked to Daniel Veillard, author of
libxml and former W3C member, and he told me that binary XML is total
crap and that you lose all the good things about XML (portability and
standardization).  Furthermore, he said "using the term [binary XML]
just exposes them to a lot of flack or even trademark infringement".

I'd also like to point out that if it is decided that having an
extensible format is desired as I was talking about yesterday, this
would make this discussed binary format not very useful, whereas a real
XML format would work perfectly.

Cody