On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Tod Hagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 15:20 -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: > > ...XML...The fundamental problem is (as Don said as well) that as far as > I know > > there ARE NO really good solutions to the problem of the representation, > > encapsulation, and transmission of hierarchical data structures in a > > portable and efficient way. If you know of one, please correct me (and > > that isn't a sarcastic request but a serious one). > > I don't know if you consider them 'good solutions', but two alternatives > to XML are YAML and JSON: > > YAML: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML > http://yaml.org/ > > JSON: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON > http://json.org/ Just to add to the list -- {canonical, } s-expressions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_S-expressions Again, I am not claiming that it's a 'better solution' or not. YOMV. > > > Tod > > -- > Tod Hagan > Information Technologist > AIRMAP/Climate Change Research Center > Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space > University of New Hampshire > Durham, NH 03824 > Phone: 603-862-3116 > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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