On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 10:43, Tim Haughton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > What's people's feelings on using XML rather than custom text file > formats for storing data?? Remailer stats and caps for example - it > might be nice to have them standardised via a XSD rather than various > different html and text layouts. We aim to have an integrated, standardized directory service, with a standardized format. We aren't looking at an XML format right now, but this could change. I have no religious problems against it. Perhaps when the next version of the directory spec comes out, XML will be right for it. We had briefly considered XML for directories and descriptors before, but it turned out to be more complicated than we had previously needed, and the XML-Signatures spec was, frankly, intimidating. :) Perhaps the next version will have use for it. > XML can also be used nicely for 'web service' type functionality. > Message objects could be serialised using SOAP across the remailer network. A SOAP wrapper layer could be handy, but I don't know if it belongs in the protocol proper. I've got no problem if anybody wants to implement one. -- Nick Mathewson <nickm@freehaven.net>
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