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From: "andu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:00 PM
Subject: XML everything
> I looked at info on different messaging software the other day and
came
> across "Jobber" which is "open source".
> What distinguishes it doesn't seem to be a new technology or
philosophy
> but the fact that it's all XML: header information, the message
itself
> and client-server control data.
> XML has great advantages at operating with data which is displayed
but I
> never understood the usefulness of it when it comes to managing data
> "behind the scene".
It seems to me that the XML advantage kicks in when your app has to
interact with another (non-MC) app or system. Inside the hard candy
coating of an MC app, however, the existing approach works fine for
me.
Of course, I haven't built any XML apps yet.
> Why would one use "<username>andu</username>" instead of "username:
> andu" and stuff like that in a header? Same goes for webDav. The
> overhead of parsing and transmitting at least twice the length of
data
> seems unacceptable to me.
> I'd like to hear what other people think on this subject.
>
> Andu
>
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