[binarycloud-general] BC XML definitons format (XML vs. SML)

[Andreas A. <a.a...@th...>]

Hi All,

I just realized that we're using simplified XML (SML) throughout the system
(except for the bc:module, bc:href, etc. tags). What do you think of keeping
it simple also with the bc:*-tags?

-- the attributes way --
<bc:module id="moo" name="HelloWorld" package="hello_world">
  <cache expires="30" use_uri="true" var="$moo"/>
    <params>
        <param_name>value</param_name>
        <another_param_name>another_value</another_param_name>
    </params>
</bc:module>
<bc:href id="href" href="/archive/mp3/any_document.mp3" usedocroot="true" />

-- the sml way --
<bc:module>
  <id>moo</id>
  <name>HelloWorld</name>
  <package>some.package</package>
  <cache>
    <expires>30</expires>
    <use_uri>true</use_uri>
    <var>$moo</var>
  </cache>
  <params>
    <param_name>value</param_name>
    <another_param_name>another_value</another_param_name>
  </params>
</bc:module>

<bc:href>
  <id>href</id>
  <href>/archive/mp3/any_document.mp3</href>
  <usedocroot>true</usedocroot>
</bc:href>

I'm kinda unsure. I like both and both is descriptive as well as
standardized ;-) But, in the bcp we use the "simple" format and maybe we
should keep this convetion throughout.

What are you're thoughts on this?

:andi