[JDEV] Binary XML useful for Jabber?

[Jens Alfke]

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 09:22 AM, Echoes wrote:

>  I think that binary XML for WAP is tailored to WML language, and so it
> would not
> be so efficient with another vocabulary.

I don't believe this is true. I think each "document" contains its own 
dictionary.

> And since the jabber protocol
> is sent over
> raw IP

Not true; you mean TCP. Raw IP is packet-level stuff like 'ping' uses.

> the first exchange from client <-> server would be a negotiation
> of
> the compressing scheme used. In fact you will end re-building a part of
> http negotiation...

Not necessary at all. Just define a different port (5224?) for binary 
Jabber. This mechanism is already used to support SSL.

—Jens
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