Hank Ratzesberger <xml(_at_)xmlwerks(_dot_)com> writes:
[…]
But in so many instances, this is the pattern that makes XML such a
good replacement for binary / proprietary files because the document
becomes self-contained. For example, when I worked with a
seismologist – all the data is just time series points of
acceleration. Only until you add the instrument, sensitivity/scale,
geo-location, can it be usefully integrated with other records for
the same event.
JFTR, there’re various binary formats doing essentially the same
(check, e. g., the varieties of HDF [1], prescribed by NASA for
EOS [2] missions), /and/ also that there /is/ a binary variety
of XML [3]. (Well, a format that is entirely isomorphic to XML,
yet built atop of a binary encoding, anyway.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_Data_Format
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Observing_System
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Infoset
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