RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Andrew Ross
Thanks for the ideas Anton, I'm happy with using the word cookie. It works for me. :-) To me, there doesn't seem to be a good reason to lean towards using XML or pseudo XML. I would prefer to avoid any possibility of nested tags etc. We could use [] or for tagging, just something to show

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Below some thoughts... Use strict XML such as: cookie msgno=123 encoding=USASCII / Use loose rules so the information can be easily converted to XML (if one wishes) such as: cookie msgno=123 encoding=USASCII Define the format and delimiters with little regard to any

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Harrington, David
Hi, I think there could be benefit to using a strict XML format, but there are also tradeoffs. Pro: Compatibility with other protocols for doing manager-device communications. The Netconf WG is developing an XML-based approach to configuring devices; using a format that is compatible with