Re: Binary XML serialization

Soumen Sarkar wrote:
> I already knew of more generalized approach (as I
> said earlier ASN.1/XML approach):
>
> http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/xml/#schema-mapping
>
> WAP is just one possible application of this approach.
>
> I am looking for other approaches on Binary XML
> encoding/decoding. I think one is XML infoset encoding.
> Are there other approaches?

We have another approach which derives from the work we did for MPEG-7
in which we standardized BiM, a binary infoset for audio-video data
meant to be compact and efficient enough to be streamed alongside video.

I am currently applying the same set of techniques (at the roots of
which is an XML Schema transformed into an encoder/decoder pair) to Web
Services. The first step is to use a WSDL document instead of an XML
Schema to generate encoder/decoder pairs. It isn't too hard.

BiM/BiX have a few advantages over what is described above, including
amongst others an open framework for additional codecs (which are often
useful) and forward/backward compatibility when the schema changes.

I think I'll have a full prototype soon, which I'll benchmark against
other approaches.

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Robin Berjon <[email protected]>
Research Engineer, Expway
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