On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:52:07 +0200
Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also agree that we need more flexibility than a simple bunch of bits,
> but I'm with the others on not using XML. While XML definitely offers
> the flexibility that we need, is just too complex to parse for this,
> and binary formats currently used for processing don't fit the bill
> either.
I somewhat fail to see what additional flexibility we need.
Please remember, i'm only talking about a driver for OGA
and not a generic driver for all possible devices.
> Instead, how about something RIFF-like? RIFF files consist of blocks,
> each of which have a 4-byte identifier, a 4-byte content length field,
> and then a number of bytes of data. Some types of blocks are
> hierarchical, they contain other blocks rather than plain data. This
> offers enough flexibility, without introducing the overhead that using
> XML would require.
That idea sounds more reasonable, but what do you want to store there?
Attila Kinali
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