On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >>> 5. The return value of authority/0 is useful as a standalone >>> document for bootstrapping access to an authority. That >>> suggests >>> that the return value should be useful in a file form. We've >>> used >>> XML with success/controversy in other places for properties >>> like >>> this, but we could also use YAML or make a mini-language. >> >> I've been privately reminded that XML and JSON are particularly >> friendly to consumption by web clients. YAML on JavaScript seems to >> be a bit stunted. > > json is substantially more light-weight, and is what I originally > wanted > to use for client history records.
I'd vote for either JSON or XML over YAML. The rapid Ajax-driven uptake of JSON seems to have filled the hole in the ecosystem for a standardized interchange format that's lighter in weight than XML, so I'm not sure YAML has a bright future. XML is still appropriate when what you're interchanging looks like "documents" (deep nesting, embedded fields, etc). -T _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
