Re: [Gegl-developer] New serialization format

[gfxuser <gfx user online de>]

Am 05.07.12 16:57, schrieb Michael Natterer:
> On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 17:55 +0300, Ville Sokk wrote:
> > GEGL needs a new serialization format. On IRC two popular choices
> > were JSON and YAML. Fancy features are not required so both should be
> > good choices.
> >
> > YAML pros:
> > * very readable
> >
> > JSON pros:
> > * pretty much every programming language has a JSON library
> > * simpler than YAML
> >
> > Bat´O's YAML example: http://pastebin.com/QML9BkCb
> > and JSON: http://pastebin.com/9ZV9y7Vz
> >
> > Any ideas why one should be chosen over the other? Maybe there's an
> > even better option?
> And XML was ruled out because it's not the latest fad any longer?
Hi,

I was also wondering why not XML. IIRC image processing in GEGL is 
internally represented by a tree (correct me if I'm wrong). Are YAML and 
JSON able to handle this, better than a native tree format like XML?

Best regards,

grafxuser