- From: <denis.bider@siol.net>
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:24:44 +0100
- To: <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
Efficient Descriptive Data Format preliminary specification and SDK released EDDF is an ASN.1-based binary data transfer and storage format that is structurally similar to XML, but has several additional benefits that make it much more suitable for use in cryptographic applications, storage of binary data, and machine processing in general. In particular, EDDF is: (o) Implicitly canonical. Using EDDF, it is easy to ensure that a single set of data can only be expressed with a single EDDF document. This is important for electronic document signing and signature verification. (o) Easier to parse and safer to use. EDDF uses a strongly defined straightforward binary format, thus elegantly avoiding the complexities and potential security vulnerabilities inherent to text-based formats (such as XML). (o) Efficient. EDDF documents are, on average, 25% shorter than corresponding XML documents. The EDDF specification is currently in First Draft stage, and the author invites all interested individuals and organizations to submit their comments. The EDDF specification, ISO/ANSI C parser and ISO/ANSI C++ parser are available freely from [http://www.eddf.org]. There are no strings attached. You are invited to visit [http://www.eddf.org] for more information.
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