RE: Re: xAP - The Proposed Architecture Explained - the first extensio

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> Don't do it! XML is fine as a notation to represent the messages but
> the wire format absolutely should not be XML. As I have said before,
> it is not suited for parsing by embedded devices, and is also an 
> unnecessary waste of network bandwidth.

XML has an advantage of being an open, well known standard and being
plain
text, can be xmitted [retty much from and to anywhere.....
embedded devices wouldn't _have_ to support an XML parser - I'm sure a
simple string search for key words and string builder for creating
response
messages etc would suffice.....

If you try to create another standard then it might put ppl off
developing
plugins in the future and/or you may end up with something that can't
be
extended in ways not yet considered.  XML based system _should_ be
extensible....

> This suggests that messages should have a header + body, with the 
> body being hierarchial. It also suggests it might be useful to embed

Sounds like SOAP messages to me :)


Tony


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