xml has a overhead is true.
but unless you have a greater protocol, it can
be made more compact <usr name="misterx" pass="******">
it's with parsing functions that these become easy to
manipulate.
it's also easier to setup between multiple clients of different
origin... imoho...
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> 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".
> 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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