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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: OT: Looking for a protocol
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:31:05 -0800
Date: 2006-01-22T17:31:05-08:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0fCdnQp8n-w2REneRVn-hg@comcast.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: $fStXzgEBCCM@eisner.encompasserve.org

"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message 
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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.

Thank you,
I'll have a look.

Steve
(The Duck)





      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-01-23  1:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-22  1:53 OT: Looking for a protocol Steve
2006-01-22  5:17 ` Larry Kilgallen
2006-01-22 11:51   ` Adrien Plisson
2006-01-22 15:42     ` Martin Krischik
2006-01-22 16:42       ` Larry Elmore
2006-01-22 17:35         ` Larry Kilgallen
2006-01-22 20:53           ` Georg Bauhaus
2006-01-23  1:45             ` Larry Kilgallen
2006-01-23  1:31   ` Steve [this message]
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