Binary data (branch from future of VOTable)

[Alasdair Allan]

> > I have yet to see a standard for bulk binary data transport 
> > that is significantly better than FITS.  Hence the wrapping 
> 
> There's a BinX format floating about from (I think) the grid world - and
> Guy told me about some DFDL (pronounced 'daffodil' apparently) which is
> a way of allowing xml-based tools to read binary format data. I don't
> know much more about it.


Don't know anything about the DFDL stuff, but the BinX stuff has come up 
before (see http://www.edikt.org/binx/) and looks interesting. Has anyone
had a serious look at it yet?

Al.
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Dr. A. Allan, School of Physics, University of Exeter