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To: dybdahl who wrote (52407)	10/30/2000 11:36:21 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (1) of 74651

The idea with XML isn't to provide yet another alternative to send data--it is to provide the optimal one. For each of the formats you named (HTML, PDF, etc.), I could name at least one disadvantage. So perhaps think of XML as the next-generation way to send data. In other words, if people are agreeing on a de-facto format which will proliferate all over the web, it should be a well-planned format. In fact, this aspect of XML is enough to make it the choice protocol--it's designed to fit the job...it's not a hack. The concerns I have with XML...I discussed via phone with a friend at Microsoft today, on my way driving back from San Fran. These are data compression(the files are "fluffy"), and version control of DTDs and schema. Interestingly, I postulated that a "compressed" HTTP mechanism would be nice--and he told me such is in the works. I also thought of a mechanism for version control, and he said that was the very method they were thinking of (won't reveal it here)!

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