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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: OT: Looking for a protocol
Date: 21 Jan 2006 23:17:26 -0600
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In article <4ICdnd7w5epKeU_eRVn-hA@comcast.com>, "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net> writes:
> It's off topic, but I know smart guys hang out on CLA so I'll ask anyway.
> 
> I'm looking for a standard in which XML metadata is used to describe the 
> structure of binary data.
> 
> I want to send packets of binary data across TCP/IP with each packet 
> preceded by a globally unique identifier (GUID) that identifies 
> corresponding XML metadata.  If the receiver does not already have the 
> metadata, it can be requested from a server.  Otherwise the receiver uses 
> the metadata to interpret the binary data.
> 
> It sounds so simple, someone has probably already done it.  Is there a 
> standard?

To me this seems like a problem susceptible to ASN.1, but that is my bias.