[occi-wg] Format 4: Angle bracket or curly brackets

[Alexis Richardson]

My 2c on this one:

* I worry that allowing users to extend the core on the wire protocol
by having something as extensible as XML, will lead them to do so in
ways that break interop
* I want something where it is really totally bogglingly obvious when
the data deviates from the allowed format

I note that eg HTTP has a very narrow core for interop, but people
have come up with lots of ways to extend its usefulness by convention
eg AtomPub


On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Richard Davies
<richard.davies at elastichosts.com> wrote:
> Decision 4: For the core wire format(s), is XML or JSON the better syntax
> ('angle brackets vs. curly brackets')
> a) XML
> b) JSON
>
> Important*: This is an independent decision from decision 3 on meta-model
>
> Perspective of myself and Alexis: No strong view. We lean towards JSON,
> since it feels easier to make a tight specification and hence to easier to
> guarantee interoperability. Tightly specified use of XML might be equally
> good.
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