On Monday 01 December 2008, Robert Fitzsimons wrote: > I'm a huge fan of XML and well defined XML interchange > formats, I know that some of the developers have a dislike > for XML
Syntax is really unimportant. There are obviously several contenders for what would be suitable. XML doesn't describe a format. It describes a syntax. One feature all contenders have in common is the ability to make a lossless round trip, with either end as a starting point. For a target/destination format, you only need to be able to make a lossless round trip from the target/destination to the interchange format and back again. It is not required to be able to make a lossless loop starting at the interchange format to any target and back. A contender for the interchange format must be able to make the lossless round trip to any other contender for the interchange format and back. Having said that, an XML based format would work, but it has no track record in this area. There is a lot of stuff in EDA that already uses VHDL and Verilog (structural subset), which must be supported as target/destination formats even if not the interchange format. It's not just layout. _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list geda-dev@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
