EXI is designed in view to carry out extensive works with the help of W3C’s XML binary characterization. This is one of the efficient XML interchange working groups. The XBC is authorized to find out an alternative form of XML and they succeeded in that venture by developing a substitute format for XML. With respect to the recommendations from XBC, the EXI was first used for measuring, evaluating and comparing the progress of various XML technologies. This evaluation and comparing process are with respect to the measurements proposed by XBC.
While a little bit out dated for its testing realm, this article holds some still useful information for the modern developer. "XML in the browser has been the subject of many spirited discussions about bleeding-edge web development. Some feel that XML in place of HTML isn’t ready for prime time due to the lack of user agents that can properly parse and render it. Others feel that XML really belongs on the server or used solely as a descriptive framework for data and has no place in the visual world of the Web which is already adequately served by
EXI is the result of extensive work carried out by the W3C's XML Binary Characterization (XBC) and Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Working Groups. XBC was chartered to investigate the costs and benefits of an alternative form of XML, and formulate a way to objectively evaluate the potential of a substitute format for XML. Based on XBC's recommendations, EXI was chartered, first to measure, evaluate, and compare the performance of various XML technologies (using metrics developed by XBC [XBC Measurement Methodologies]), and then, if it appeared suitable,
I confess: when it comes to XML and web services, I am a Big Picture person. There are hundreds of angle-bracket jockeys in the XML development community, to whom we can all look for the ins and outs of particular XML technologies. But the job of the XML-Deviant column, as I understand and practice it, is to focus the collective intelligence of the XML development community on the Big Picture. Toward that end I have often written about the W3C's Technical Architecture Group, describing it as the Web's court of last appeal, and in particular about the
"XML" - It's a simple term, but behind it lies a lot of complexity. When you need help in getting the maximum value from XML technologies, where do you look? How do you know you are getting the most competent help available?
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