Using Bit-Efficient XML to Optimize Data Transfer of XForms-Based Mobile Services

We consider here the case of XForms applications on small mobile devices. The aim is to find out whether a schema-aware binary XML format is better suited to this area than generic compression applied to regular XML. We begin by limiting the potential areas of improvement through considering the features of the binary format, and then proceed to measure effects in the identified areas to determine whether a binary format would be effective.