Re: Why XML to comunicate Distributed Components?

ram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Ram) writes:
Robert Martin <unclebob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
There are better formats out there. Yaml, JSon, etc.

Possibly, the simplest expressive format is S-expressions.

The nice thing about s-expressions is that you can treat them as
data in Java and code in Lisp or Scheme. Plus they are far more
consistent and concise than XML.

But they do not have a commonly accepted unique specification
independent of LISP. I deem them a little bit too simple, because
I would like to have attributes (not an attribute emulation with
list). XML has attributes, but I want attributes to be as
structured as elements.

What are you looking for that can't be handled with keywords?

So, I have decided to specify a variant of S-expression with
unlimited attributes:

http://www.purl.org/stefan_ram/pub/unotal_en

Interesting. I like it better than XML after only two minutes.

Regards,

Patrick

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