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Article #220Re: XML Standar for adding data to Notes fields of Basic Four apps.
From: Grant Robertson
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:27
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:27
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In article <x7hecerrem.fsf@guru.mired.org>, mwm@mired.org says... > Grant Robertson <BOGUS@BOGUS.INVALID> writes: > > > Now, if there were an XML standard and all of this extra data were > > tagged using XML, then it might be possible to write a hack that would > > cause apps to ignore text within XML tags when deciding whether to > > display the note icon. They could also hide all the XML data when the > > user is adding their own notes rather than just hiding their own > > proprietary data like DateBk5 does now. > > Why XML? One of the beauties of the Palm is that the data files are > very small. XML has a lot of nice features, but small data isn't one > of them. > > All the advantages you want would accrue to any standard that was > endorsed and published by Palm, not just XML. Hopefully, they could > come up with something more lightweight than XML. XML is the only thing I could think of. It wouldn't have to be a full XML implementation. Just something that uses plain text that could be agreed upon by all developers.
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