Just over two years ago, I co-authored
a position paper on XML and binary encoding techniquesthat eventually led to our beloved
MTOM/
XOP combo.Andrew Layman and I have prepared a response to today`s
XML Binary Characterizationthat provides a novel approach to the oft-mentioned XML performance problem based on looking beyond the traditional data encoding techniques.You can read our thoughts
here.I expect Gudge or I to have an XmlReader/XmlWriter implementation ready in a few weeks. Watch this space.