Re: xml canonicalization - proposition - elimination of element name from end tag

Hello Amol,

the XML Security Working Group is chartered to work on a new version
of Canonical XML:

  http://www.w3.org/2008/xmlsec/

I've forwarded your message to that working group.

Regards,
-- 
Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>





On 2008-08-14 20:14:06 +0100, Amol Patil wrote:
> From: Amol Patil <amolspatil@gmail.com>
> To: www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:14:06 +0100
> Subject: xml canonicalization - proposition - elimination of element name from end tag
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> Can xml canonicalization further be extended to eliminate the need of the
> name of the element in end tag / make it optional?
> 
> Objective here is to reduce the size of overall xml content
> 
> E.g.
> <RootElement>
> <FirstChildElement>
> <FirstChildOfFirstChildElement></>
> <SecondChildOfFirstChildElement></>
> </>
> <SecondChildElement></>
> </>
> 
> There is a slight loss of readability here at the gain of reduced content
> size.
> 
> Thanks