I don't think JSON is quite appropriate, er, optimal. We're not encoding data to be sent to an AJAX app. XML is a thought, but pretty verbose.
Thrift is good. Protocol Buffers from Google (obviously, this is something I know about and prefer) are also an option -- about the same thing really. I would use one of the two with a pref for PBs myself. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:03 AM, Jeff Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 >> >> So here is a (kind of) concrete proposal: >> >> a) use JSON or Thrift for concrete syntax >> > > Any preferences here? This might also impact other Mahout packages in the > future, so everybody please weigh in. In general, it seems that having a > common, public encoding for matrix and vector data would help users mix and > match the Mahout services. What are the requirements of these other > services? From inspection, it looks like only the clustering packages use > them currently.
