[mmox] Details proposal

[Catherine Pfeffer <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,

Infinity asked me to write down proposals to make LLSD a bit better.

Honestly, I don't think it is really the way to go. I think the previous
message has shown how much the current XML serialization is unsatisfying,
due to the 1:1 paradigm.

But I have promised to do such a proposal, so here we go:
1 - change the name from LLSD to VWSD
2 - add provision for different sizes for integers and floats. In XML that
could mean an extra size="" attribute with a default to 32 bits so it needs
not be specified in the majority of cases, in binary serialization that
would mean new data codes
3 - add provision for unsigned data. In XML that would mean an extra
signed="" attribute with a default to "yes" so it needs not be specified in
the majority of cases, in the binary serialization that calls for more data
codes too
4 - allow some shortcuts for an array of three reals <vector> and an array
of 4 reals <quat>
5 - embed map entries into <e> ... </e> tags

That's almost the same points as the ones that Jon has listed.

But again, to do it in a real XML-ish way, the data types like <integer>
should move to the DTD. I don't see any justification for them in an XML
file.

-- 
Cathy