Re: Xml in packaging system

[Vadim Chekan <vchekan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Also it would allow to compete several tools as soon as data format 
> > (called "schema" in xml language) is stable.
>
> I think this is a good example of a problem not to use xml with.
> If this were a talk about sending electronic data and to use something
> such as ANSI X.12 v.s. XML, XML would be the best choice. XML
> should be best left for electronic data interchange and not application
> configurations.

I'm afraid I do not get what you mean. Why do you think that xml has so 
limited applicable area?

You can think about xml as about a tree like data format with custom 
attributes feature. And a bunch of tools provided for format 
verification(schema), query language(xpath), transformation(xsl) etc. It 
does not sound like definition for "electronic data interchange".
Why "interchange" only?
Why not "generic-purposes hierarchical data format"?

Ok. Finaly it can be something else, not xml. Xml is just an example. 
Why I really wrote the mail is to tell which features I'd like to see in 
port system. It is flexible n-level depth tree structure, and some easy 
way to parse port attributes. At the moment I believe xml is good choise 
taking into account features I wish.

Brgds
Vadim Chekan