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XML is as simple as you can get. Can you suggest a simpler protocol?

The only way simpler would be a format which requires pre-agreement between sender and receiver based on some rule - i.e. line 1 = , line 2 = <content>, etc.<br><br>So, for every one of those gazillion possible rules which would be required, you would have a spec.<br><br>XML is self-explanatory, self-contained, and has no redundancy. Every single start tag is neccessary, every closing tag is necessary. Try leaving anything out and see what happens.<br><br>Maybe you could use indented blocks (whitespace/tabs), like in Python, to differentiate between items, in order to conserve character overhead. 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