11 Aug
2004
11 Aug
'04
7:23 a.m.
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Cini, Richard wrote:
This example represents the block data using
metatags...I guess along the
"XML" part of the thread.
I was thinking similarly to you but not using XML metadata:
;Hardware descriptor
MFGR
MACHINE
SUBTYPE
DRIVETYPE (this of course defines what follows)
;for floppy
DRIVESIZE
ENCODING
TRACKS
SECTORS
SECTSIZE
;HexData
; Each record or group of records contains the related media data. The
address record would be used for encoding the metadata
00TTSSHH: (00-track-sector-head)
I looked to Intel Hex (or Motorola) because it had built-in CRC facilities
and it was human-readable ASCII. The drive and machine description could be
encoded in special MOT records probably.
I like the XML style because it's more explicit; more human-readable.
XML is more a more "current" technology but
I was trying to keep with the
platform neutrality by sticking to text-only and not assuming the use of any
other technology like XML.
XML is platform neutral because it's basically ASCII, right?
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