From: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...>
Date: 2003-03-18T19:18:02+09:00
Subject: Re: ANN: Madeleine 0.1

Hi,

> From: jbritt@ruby-doc.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:45 AM

> > > And XML serialisation means SOAP
> >
> > Does it? :)
> 
> From what poking around I've managed to do, I don't think 
> there is any determination on what Prevayler XML 
> serialization would look
> like. And, as has been discussed on this list numerous times 
> before, there are many ways besides SOAP to use XML for serialization.

FYI: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/29-XML-protocol-matrix

Once upon a time in 1999, he looked for XML serialization
format instead of using CSV or proprietary text format for
his product.  He found several candidates; XML-RPC, WDDX,
XMOP, or so but only SOAP seems to be promising for him.
XMOP seems too COMed.  Other formats is too simple for
serialization.  Is SOAP Envelop complicated?  It's only an
envelope.  Is SOAP Encoding complicated?  It's only
WXS Part 2 + array + struct.  He thought that anyone cannot
simplify SOAP's array and struct anymore (SOAP/1.2 simplified
the array though.  sigh.)

Back to the topic, though I know nothing about Preveyler
now, SOAP can be used for the serialization format or not,
depends on Preveyler's Data model.  SOAP Data Model is
"graph of typed node".  Table data model does not fit SOAP.

Regards,
// NaHi