On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farr...@cs.tcd.ie > wrote:
> > > On 04/20/2012 03:40 PM, Michael Thomas wrote: > > > > Why not MUST ASN.1 while you're at it? JSON has won in case > > you'all haven't noticed it. > > Well, I also remember when XML won over ASN.1, or > was that some RPC thing? Of course, long before "XML won over ASN.1" ASN.1 won over XML's predecessor; SGML. Back in the early to mid-80's, when we were defining the ISO X.4xx and X.5xx standards, the IBM and Unix crowds were pushing SGML as the alternative to the binary encodings of ASN.1. But, Digital and the Telcos pushed for the binary encodings and won. These days, XML is just another encoding for ASN.1 since ASN.1 finally defined the XML Encoding Rules (XER)<http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/asn1/xml/xer.htm>a few years back. If we had agreed on ASN.1 years ago, we wouldn't be having these encoding format debates every few years. ASN.1 is an "Abstract Syntax Notation" that can be mapped to a large number of encoding rules. If we were using ASN.1, what we would do is define the "schema" or syntax for data abstractly and then specify the actual encoding as a secondary issue. Given that one encoding can be translated to another, implementations would be free to use whatever encoding was most convenient or appropriate for them. But, that would be a different universe than the one we live in today. Seems like a new format wins > about every five years or so, once the last winner > gets enough crap added. (JSON pointer seems like the > start of a nice slippery slope to me.) > > I've no opinion as to what should be MTI here however, > just a side comment. > > S > > > > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > > apps-discuss mailing list > > apps-disc...@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > apps-discuss mailing list > apps-disc...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss >
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