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--001a11419974a784160527589af4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 3:58 AM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] > wrote: > > I do not think file format is important. > > You are absolutely right about this, the data model is the challenge, > not how to store it, that's trivial. > But if you're going to go with a plain text format, you'd want a good reason to choose XML, as its the least readable option. > > It is better to bring discussion to the structure itself, if > > visualized as a tree which forks and attributes are needed. > > Indeed the structure (data model) is what we need to come up with. > > Use all known constructs. Storing them is again not the problem. > > > For trees I only know about one implementation detail that matter: > > No implementation details matter. That is all easy. > And yet YAML and JSON got invented and hugely popular precisely because XML is so ugly and the parsers for it are somewhat harder to deal with. Britton --001a11419974a784160527589af4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo= te">On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 3:58 AM, Peter Stuge (<a href=3D"mailto:peter AT s= tuge.se">peter AT stuge DOT se</a>) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">= geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:geda-use= r AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>></span> wrote= :<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le= ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">Nicklas Karlsson (<a h= ref=3D"mailto:nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com">nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com</a= >) [via <a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>]= wrote:<br> > I do not think file format is important.<br> <br> </span>You are absolutely right about this, the data model is the challenge= ,<br> not how to store it, that's trivial.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><di= v style=3D"">But if you're going to go with a plain text format, you= 9;d want a good reason to choose XML, as its the least readable option.</di= v><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 = .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""> > It is better to bring discussion to the structure itself, if<br> > visualized as a tree which forks and attributes are needed.<br> <br> </span>Indeed the structure (data model) is what we need to come up with.<b= r> <br> Use all known constructs. Storing them is again not the problem.<br><span c= lass=3D""><br> > For trees I only know about one implementation detail that matter:<br> <br> </span>No implementation details matter. That is all easy.<br></blockquote>= <div><br></div><div style=3D"">And yet YAML and JSON got invented and hugel= y popular precisely because XML is so ugly and the parsers for it are somew= hat harder to deal with.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"">Britton</div= ><div><br></div></div></div></div> --001a11419974a784160527589af4--
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