Is there anyone working on a binary version of XML?

[Simon St.Laurent]

At 04:35 PM 3/25/99 -0500, David Megginson wrote:
>Simon St.Laurent writes:
>
> > One of these days I'd really love to stop talking about what is and isn't
> > XML, though I know it's fun, and start talking about what we can do with
> > XML and XML-like structures, whether they are SAX event flows, DOM trees,
> > or binary formats that build on an XML foundation.
> > 
> > We might even get some real work done - and it might even be fun.
>
>Nah, we're getting work done already -- we need to goof off once in a
>while.
>
>Here's my translation of the above paragraph:
>
> One of these days I'd really love to stop talking about what is and
> isn't XML, though I know it's fun, and start talking about what we
> can do with structured documents, whether they're in text format (as
> XML, HTML, SGML, etc.), in binary format, in databases, or available
> through abstract interfaces like SAX, the DOM, and Groves.

That translation's fine by me!  I just don't want people getting shut down
because their project "isn't XML".

Simon St.Laurent
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