> It's not laziness, it's cost analysis. Reducing the number of formats
> is a gain of time, it's a better business decision than endless
> multiplication. Furthermore, most of the products I work on are in
> the mobile space where we have serious constraints regarding code
> size.
>
Mobile (and the restrictions there) are most certainly an argument
in favor of a single architecture/structure....It's not an area that I've
worked in, but I certainly appreciate the issues!
> My personal experience isn't a reality of the technology, but what is
> is that there are far fewer parsers for PDF or SWF out there that are
> conforming to the specification, built on quality code that has been
> widely used and tested, is open source and runs on at least OSX,
> Linux, and Windows (even without asking for all that -- which I get
> trivially for XML -- I found none) than for XML.
>
No argument - but, as noted, that's also because there is a lot more
use for XML-based data then for these specific areas.
> > Simply because it's XML?!?!
>
> Simply because it's simple, and doesn't feel like I have to bang my
> head against the wall until I'm barely recognisable to get it to work.
>
It's simple to get at the structure - but then you have to deal with
the details of the grammar and how different parts may interact. That may
not be so simple.
Sure, for single file formats such as SVG it's not a huge issue...
but look at XPS or OpenDocument, which involve multiple
inter-related files...what's the complexity level there??
> I'll pick whatever makes the greatest business sense.
>
Good choice!
> Metro seems to do
> all that I need such a document format to do. If PDF does more, it's
> nothing I've noticed that I need (I'll entertain suggestions though).
>
Depends on what you need in a "document format" and who your market
for such a format is...
Are you looking simply at "Office Documents" consisting of simple
RGB colors and JPEG/PNG images + text in TTF/OTF fonts? Or are you
considering the wider "print publishing" market and their need for complex
colors, imaging and fonts?
Are you considering only static content or also dynamic? Something
where even SVG could be integrated?
Leonard
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