Hi Dennis; Just to add some info, we are thinking about adding the binary support by writing a impl for Stax readers and writers works on top of binary protocol. As Axis2 reads and writes using stax .. will not notice any differance.
Thanks Srinath On 7/13/05, Dennis Sosnoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I've been ignoring the Axis/Axis2 lists for a while, so I may have > missed some earlier discussions on this - can you give the reason for > choosing these two approaches in particular? I'd personally love to see > a comparison between the XBIS format I originated (http://www.xbis.org) > and Fast Infoset. Both of these deal with XML-based representations, > while DFDL (as I understand it) is strictly binary. Since DFDL doesn't > really relate to XML at all it seems like it'd be difficult to fit it > into the Axis2 structure (including AXIOM) in any reasonable manner. > > - Dennis > > Mark Pimentel wrote: > > >Hi everyone, > >I'm Mark Pimentel, a computer engineering student from CarnegieMellon, and > >I'm currently doing a Google Summer of Code(code.google.com) project with > >Apache Axis 2 on binary XMLserialization. My original proposal is located > >online > >athttp://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mpimente/MarkPimentel-SummerOfCode.pdf. My > >project mentor for this project is Eran Chinthaka. > >I had some delay in getting started, so I've had to push some itemsback on > >my weekly schedule. The updated schedule is as follows: > > > >WEEKLY SCHEDULEMark Pimentel, Google Summer of Code 2005 > >Week of July 10thConclude research of different formats. Will submit a > >documentoutlining the major aspects of the two representations that I will > >belooking into—Fast Infoset & DFDL. Am currently targeting Fast Infosetas > >the first schema to implement, and DFDL as the second. > >Week of July 17th Begin implementing a StAX parser to write binary XML data > >using theFast Infoset standard. This week, I will concentrate on writing > >theparser and achieving some type of module with binary > >serializationfunctionality. > >Week of July 24thWill continue to adapt parser to handle the Fast Infoset > >standard. Most of the work this week will be towards expanding > >supportedlanguage. > >Week of July 31thThe goal for this week is to clean up the first parser > >code, andperform more extensive testing. I will also prepare any > >progressreport information needed by the Google Summer of Code program. > >Week of August 3rdBegin development of parser for DFDL standard. If similar > >parts ofthe parser from the first can be used, then work from later weeks > >canbe started. > >Week of August 14thWill continue fleshing out and expanding DFDL support. > >Week of August 21stAiming for more definite testing and verification of > >second parser. If time permits, I will also start on a third parser. > >Week of August 28thImplementation of third representation, if possible. > >Otherwise,return to first two parsers to ensure correctness and correct > >anyremaining integration issues. > > > >Thanks,Mark > > > > > > >
