[WF-Protocols] Proposals on common format

Michael Day mikeday at yeslogic.com
Tue Jul 1 18:41:51 PDT 2003


>         - XML can also be read/written in binary format if needed.

It is worth pointing out that there is no such thing as "binary XML", as
the XML specification describes a syntax, not a data model.

A binary format may be mapped to the XML syntax, or a subset of the XML 
syntax, but it is not itself XML. (Pedantic, but important I think).

Best regards,

Michael Day

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