Re: XML and InkML

mf@w3.org (Max Froumentin) writes:
>I think that the format should just be: 
>
>num num num num num;    <!-- 1 sample of 5 channels -->
>num num num   * num;    <!-- * is an unspecified value -->
>
>and then you gzip the whole document, and I suspect that compresses
>just as well as using deltas. But ink device specialists will perhaps
>prove me wrong and tell me that gzip is too costly. Then I'm ready
>to accept deltas this way:
>
>num  num 'num "num num;
>num "num  num    * num;
>
>I also like this simple scheme because I can easily parse it in XSLT,
while 
>"1125 18432'23'43"7"-8 3-5+7  -3+6+2+6 8+3+6:T;+2+4:*T;+3+6+3-6:FF;"
>is making my stylesheet horrible.

Could I have a full example of this?  It doesn't look substantially
easier to parse to me.  

I also suspect that you'll need to define an XML vocabulary for
interchange regardless, as this still requires a separate parsing
process.

Received on Sunday, 24 August 2003 18:39:25 UTC