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Re: XML naming conventions and good practice

From: Joe Kesselman <keshlam.cat.nospam@-------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 5/15/2009 8:18:00 PM
> My main gripe against XML is that it's so verbose. In this particular
> application, tags and antitags take up more than ten times as much space as
> the actual data being sent. CSV was *so* much more compact.

XML's verbosity is part of what's made it rapidly accepted -- it's easy 
to debug.

On the other hand, XML has never claimed to be the right answer for all 
tasks. If CSV is right for your needs, by all means use CSV. Or use 
whatever representation you like internally, with an export/import tool 
that converts between your representation an XML for interchange with 
others.

On the other other hand, XML typically compresses magnificently, and a 
compressed XML file may take no more space than the compressed CSV file 
would have.


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