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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>That was a very good Poisson d'Avril Even!<br><br><a href="http://www.francetravelguide.com/april-fools-day-in-france-le-poisson-davril.html" target="_blank">http://www.francetravelguide.com/april-fools-day-in-france-le-poisson-davril.html</a><br><br><br><div>> From: even.rouault@spatialys.com<br>> To: gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 19:11:36 +0200<br>> CC: dmorissette@mapgears.com<br>> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] UFO format / GDAL 3.0<br>> <br>> <br>> > > On 2015-04-01 11:17, Daniel Morissette wrote:<br>> > >> Good morning Even,<br>> > >> <br>> > >> That sounds like an ambitious world (universe?) domination plan, but<br>> > >> before going too deep into the implementation details, can you comment<br>> > >> on the potential for real life widespread adoption of such a universal<br>> > >> format in a world where everyone and their dog wants to have their own<br>> > >> file format which is so much better than everybody else's?<br>> > >> <br>> > >> In other words: GML failed in a similar attempt to replace all other<br>> > >> formats, so despite the benefits of BF over XML encoding, what would<br>> > >> give UFO more chances of succeeding?<br>> <br>> For a really good reason: XML isn't Turing complete (source: <br>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness#Data_languages )<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Spatialys - Geospatial professional services<br>> http://www.spatialys.com<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> gdal-dev mailing list<br>> gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev<br></div> </div></body>
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