On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 15:20 -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: > ...XML...The fundamental problem is (as Don said as well) that as far as I > know > there ARE NO really good solutions to the problem of the representation, > encapsulation, and transmission of hierarchical data structures in a > portable and efficient way. If you know of one, please correct me (and > that isn't a sarcastic request but a serious one).
I don't know if you consider them 'good solutions', but two alternatives to XML are YAML and JSON: YAML: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML http://yaml.org/ JSON: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON http://json.org/ Tod -- Tod Hagan Information Technologist AIRMAP/Climate Change Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-3116 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
