Re: [9fans] asn.1 alternatives

[Harri Haataja <harriha@mail.student.oulu.fi>]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 02:29:19PM +0000, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> when i need to represent more than simple text or values, or attribute
> value pairs, which isn't all that often, more and more i use Rivest
> S-expressions, as i did on wednesday.
> they are unambiguous (unlike both ASN.1 and XML), easy to read and
> write, that can represent binary directly where that's appropriate,
> with an `advanced textual form' (like it!) that people can read
> without suffering eye strain, but with a well-defined canonical form
> (always helpful when comparing or signing things).

Sexprs would get my humble vote as well.

BTW, re XML, there's also SXML that may or may not be interesting.
http://okmij.org/ftp/Scheme/SXML.html

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