Re: SD1 - Proposal: allow in valid XML-Documents only

>> After compression (using gzip):
>>       foo.txt.gz 5,323,235
>>       foo.xml.gz 5,704,385
>> 
>>       markup adds about 7% to the compressed size.
>
>Gavin, doesn't this look pretty much like the arguments 
>in VRML about the binary formats in which it was decided 
>that modems and gzips did the job about as well with 
>regards to transmission size.  I don't think I buy 

Sure. I think you could define a binary form that would be *smaller*
than anything you can prodice with gzip et al., but that should not
have any effect of the textual representation --- an in particular,
the argument for empty end tags.

Received on Thursday, 22 May 1997 10:06:54 UTC