Re: Proposal: create XML based .gorm format: .xorm

Hi,

It=E2=80=99s not that XML is from the past. If you want strict =
validation of the data, XML is a good format for doing just that.

Regards

> On 21 Jul 2026, at 05:05, David Wetzel via Discussion list for the =
GNUstep programming environment <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I feel like XML is a format from the past. Why not use a JSON based =
one?
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> Dave
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 20, 2026, at 14:01, [email protected] via =
Developers list for GNUstep, the GNU groupware evironment =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>> =EF=BB=BFHi =E2=80=99Steppers!
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>> For the sake of diffability in GIT it would be great to have some =
non-binary but text based .gorm serialization format.
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>> I know that .xibs exist in that role for .nibs, so why not do exactly =
the same with .xorms for .gorms?
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>> Greg said once that he has .xib reading ready but .xib writing would =
be much more difficult because we had to reverse engineer how to write =
those.
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>> I now propose that we reuse the same basic format of xibs (XML with =
certain keys) to write .xorms instead of .gorms with the only difference =
that here GNUstep defines what belongs how into a .xorm.
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>> What do you think?
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>> kind regards,
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>>   Lars
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>> P.S.: I have sent this proposal to discuss as well as to dev, since I =
didn=E2=80=99t know which list would be more appropriate.
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