SMI

XML for Exchange of Structure and Identification of Management InformationThe SMI memo describes how XML can be used to exchange SMIv1, SMIv2 and SMIng definitions between XML enabled applications. The DTD defined in this memo allows applications with embedded generic XML parsers to read (or edit) the original SMI definitions. The XML DTD is optimized for this purpose. Terseness of the XML output was of minimal importance since humans are expected to read the originial SMI definitions. In fact, the XML format of an SMI module is significantly longer compared to the original SMI definition. This is inline with the design goals for XML, which favours computer readability over terseness(Definition adapted from a news at xml.coverpages.org)

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