Patent ID: 7441185
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing extensible markup language (XML) documents in a computer-based system, the method comprising: associating each of a plurality of information items with a corresponding one of a plurality of binary-data units; providing a XML document associated with a XML information set comprising one or more of the plurality of information items, wherein the plurality of information items includes one or more information items that correspond to a date and/or a time having an internal binary code that is different than a binary code associated with a textual XML representation of the one or more information items that correspond to a date and/or a time; and serializing the XML document into a binary XML format, wherein serializing comprises translating the one or more information items of the XML information set into one or more corresponding binary-data units, the corresponding binary-data units for each of the one or more information items that corresponds to a date and/or time being the internal binary code of the date and/or time, or de-serializing the XML document from the binary XML format, wherein de-serializing comprises translating one or more binary-data units of the binary XML format into one or more corresponding information items, the corresponding information item for each of the binary-data units that corresponds to a date and/or time being the internal binary code of the date and/or time.