[gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0

[Even Rouault]

> > On 2015-04-01 11:17, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> >> Good morning Even,
> >> 
> >> That sounds like an ambitious world (universe?) domination plan, but
> >> before going too deep into the implementation details, can you comment
> >> on the potential for real life widespread adoption of such a universal
> >> format in a world where everyone and their dog wants to have their own
> >> file format which is so much better than everybody else's?
> >> 
> >> In other words: GML failed in a similar attempt to replace all other
> >> formats, so despite the benefits of BF over XML encoding, what would
> >> give UFO more chances of succeeding?

For a really good reason: XML isn't Turing complete (source: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness#Data_languages )


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