> Karl Waclawek wrote:
> > Now, given that, the question becomes: What are the advantages?
> > - Efficiency of size?
> > - Speed of parsing?
>
> A quick list of typical requirements is at:
>
> http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200302/msg00142.html
>
> > Do they matter? Not in most apps, but probably in some.
>
> Yes, it doesn't matter much to a great number of apps (which ought to simply
> ignore it) but it is vital for some classes of applications.
I like the point made about random access. Sort of like an indexed
version of an XML document.
I don't quite understand how binXML gives you better streaming,
in the sense of sending fragments. Isn't that done on the application
level?
Karl
