Slashdot just posted an item that linked to the W3C's new XML-binary Optimized Packaging. I thought this was going to be binary XML since Slashdot put a link to a previous story that linked to How do we make XML faster?. It turns out it wasn't binary XML. It's only for the inclusion of binary data within an XML document to be used for something like making an XHTML page a single file, images and all. In short my minute of excitement was quickly over, and I should probably post my notes I scribbled one night for an actual binary XML and call it JabBinXML.
Am I Missing Something?
About binary XML
Submitted by Forgotten soul on Fri, 2005/01/28 - 09:50.
I'm not really sure what you want with binary XML, but as far as i know Matroska project uses binary XML in their format.
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WBXML
There's a document, describing a binary format for XML. In the beginnning it was designed for WAP only, but nowadays it can be used on a wider scale. http://www.w3.org/TR/wbxml/
I used it last year for my thesis, while communicating between mobile devices and a server (in cooperation with Siemens).
WBXML can handle binary content without a problem, and there is no loss of flexibility!
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