On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Hampus Wessman<[email protected]> wrote: > > Change 1: Remove unnecessary tags that carry no information > > The metalink format contains some tags that could be removed without > losing ANY functionality. I'm thinking about <files>, <verification> and > <resources>. They may look pretty to humans, but I think the format > would be easier to deal with if they were removed. A metalink contains > one or more files, which contains hashes and urls (among other things). > The following xml structure reflects this hierarchy just as well as the > current one: > > <metalink> > <file name="example.ext"> > <identity>Example</identity> > <hash type="md5">2156346474343745</hash> > <url>http://example.com/</url> > <url>ftp://ftp.example.com/</url> > </file> > <file name="example2.ext"> > ... > </file> > </metalink> > > (I skipped some details here, like <?xml ...) > > In my experience it would be easier to parse/load/read a metalink with > that structure. It may depend on how you do that, but I can't think of > any situation when it would make it harder.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bryan-metalink-13#section-4.1 happy, Hampus? :) -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
