<br /><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The impression I have is that (to misquote Churchill) XML is the
worst<br/> option available, except for all the others. We need something that can<br /> represent a fairly complex
datastructure, easily supports addition or<br /> removal of particular fields in the structure (including fields not<br
/>foreseen in the original design), is not hard for programs to parse,<br /> and is widely supported --- ie, "not hard"
includes"you don't have to<br /> write your own parser, in most languages". How many realistic<br /> alternatives are
there?<br/><br /></blockquote></div>One realistic alternative may be JSON: parsers for nearly all languages are freely
available;everything web-affected speeks it perfectly; it's easier on the eye then XML, less bytes per information,
additionand removal of fields as well as complex structures are possible.<br /><br />Harald<br /><br /><br /><br
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