Subj : XML
To : Micael Bulow
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Sat Jan 04 2003 10:16 pm
Quoting Micael Bulow on Sat 4 Jan 2003 18:27 to Jan Vermeulen:
mb>> Of cource we have to see to it that everything we change also can
mb>> be provided in a backward compatible format for the sysops.
JV>> Ok, the intention is there. But how sure can you be that not
JV>> even one byte will get lost or damaged in the operation?
mb> XML is verry strict. Either you have a valid XML file, or you dont.
How do you check validity?
After all, a lot of data varies from node to node...
mb> The risc of an invalid file is much bigger in the old format (which
mb> we have seen to often).
Invalid data in one line do not necesserily mean that the entire file is
invalid.
Flag checks will be done at ZC and RC level.
A corrupted file will yield a different CRC from the one specified in the
upper lines of the segment.
mb>> ONE of the solutions could be some changes at
mb>> toplevels to be able to add techniques widely used today.
JV>> Explain 'toplevels'. Who? What? Why?
mb> I dont know. We dont have a solution yet.
You apparently do not know how, but I did not ask the question you try to
answer.
I want to know who or what are the top levels you meant and why you
considered to start from them (which or whatever they are).
mb>> After all, the net is geting smaller every day. The main task is to
mb>> turn that trend around.
JV>> Do you really think that a nodelist is the place to start?
mb> No. Actually I dont quite get why everyone is starting there.
Because the loudest voices are about problems with their nodes entry; I am
still waiting for a list telling me the who, what and why of those problems.
-=<[ JV ]>=-
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