XString: XML as a String

TL;DR

XString is an encoding method that compresses XML data, enabling easier manipulation and processing of XML as a long string, addressing XML's bloat and parser dependency issues.

Contribution

It introduces XString, a novel encoding that compresses XML and simplifies its manipulation without requiring an XML parser.

Findings

XString significantly reduces XML size.

Enables direct string manipulation of XML data.

Simplifies XML processing workflows.

Abstract

Extensible markup language (XML) is a technology that has been much hyped, so that XML has become an industry buzzword. Behind the hype is a powerful technology for data representation in a platform independent manner. As a text document, however, XML suffers from being too bloated, and requires an XML parser to access and manipulate it. XString is an encoding method for XML, in essence, a markup language's markup language. XString gives the benefit of compressing XML, and allows for easy manipulation and processing of XML source as a very long string.