Desirable qualities in an interchange syntax

• Maximal appropriateness to the information it conveys

  • intrinsic character of information well reflected in interchange structure.

• Communications efficiency

  • no redundancy

• Validatability

  • no ambiguity

• Neutrality

  • no hidden assumptions about platform, vendor or application

• Self-description

  • conformance to intelligible, well-documented formal model

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