Re: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-16 Thread Tom Petch
I have lost sight of the requirements; what is metadata setting out to achieve that I should evaluate XML as a solution against? My engineering instinct is always to reuse an existing technology if it is good enough, not too simple and not too complex for the task in hand. XML seems to be being c

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Harrington, David
Hi, I think there could be benefit to using a strict XML format, but there are also tradeoffs. Pro: Compatibility with other protocols for doing manager-device communications. The Netconf WG is developing an XML-based approach to configuring devices; using a format that is compatible with netconf

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Rainer Gerhards
> Below some thoughts... > > > Use strict XML such as: > > > > > > Use loose rules so the information can be easily converted to > > XML (if one wishes) such as: > > > > > > Define the format and delimiters with little regard to any > > conversion to XML, such as: > > [cookie msgno=123 enc

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-15 Thread Andrew Ross
Thanks for the ideas Anton, I'm happy with using the word cookie. It works for me. :-) To me, there doesn't seem to be a good reason to lean towards using XML or pseudo XML. I would prefer to avoid any possibility of nested tags etc. We could use [] or <> for tagging, just something to show open

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-14 Thread Anton Okmianski
Below some thoughts... > Use strict XML such as: > > > Use loose rules so the information can be easily converted to > XML (if one wishes) such as: > > > Define the format and delimiters with little regard to any > conversion to XML, such as: > [cookie msgno=123 encoding=USASCII] My pref

RE: Thoughts on Meta-Data

2004-01-14 Thread Anton Okmianski
Resend, as there apparently where some server issues... Below some thoughts... > Use strict XML such as: > > > Use loose rules so the information can be easily converted to > XML (if one wishes) such as: > > > Define the format and delimiters with little regard to any > conversion to XML,