We propose the use of XML for specifying and designing hardware. Many different methods for the specification of hardware designs are in use. The majority of these are based on either closed markup ...

Making devices communicate with one another is not as simple as putting them all on a network. Devices must understand each other's data formats if they are to exchange information successfully. That ...

XML is a popular data format for several reasons: it is human readable, self-describing, and portable. Unfortunately, many Java-based XML parsers are very large; for example, Sun Microsystems’ ...