The real advantage of binary XML

I’ve attended several session about WS-* specs in the past. One of the biggest problems is XML’s human readability. Instead of explaining the concepts many presenters just deal with the underlying XML representation. As a result, the session usually ends with snoozing attendees.

I don’t believe there is a need for a binary XML standard. But because it wouldn’t be human readable anymore, it would be at least a real benefit for all conference attendees…