Compressed Markup Language
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| − | '''Compressed Markup Language''' (CML) is a compact binary form of HTML content used in the web clipping applications in | + | '''Compressed Markup Language''' (CML) is a compact binary form of HTML content used in the web clipping applications in Palm OS. The HTML code is converted to a sequence of bytes of a tokenized format. |
| − | On the Palm devices, the CML code is then combined with other Web content such as images. The bytes of the binary representation are further compressed in a bitwise scheme where fewer than 8 bits are used to encode many common characters. The result is what is known as [[PQA]] format (for Palm Query Applications), which is placed into a database format similar to [[PDB]] and [[PRC]]. CML is apparently not stored separately other than as part of the PQA format. | + | On the Palm devices, the CML code is then combined with other Web content such as images. The bytes of the binary representation are further compressed in a bitwise scheme where fewer than 8 bits are used to encode many common characters. The result is what is known as [[PQA]] format (for Palm Query Applications), which is placed into a database format similar to [[Palm OS Database|PDB]] and [[PRC (Palm OS)|PRC]]. CML is apparently not stored separately other than as part of the PQA format. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[CHM|Compiled HTML Help]] - Microsoft's take on binary HTML | * [[CHM|Compiled HTML Help]] - Microsoft's take on binary HTML | ||
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| + | == Sample files == | ||
| + | * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/palmWebContentRecord/ | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 23 January 2023
Compressed Markup Language (CML) is a compact binary form of HTML content used in the web clipping applications in Palm OS. The HTML code is converted to a sequence of bytes of a tokenized format.
On the Palm devices, the CML code is then combined with other Web content such as images. The bytes of the binary representation are further compressed in a bitwise scheme where fewer than 8 bits are used to encode many common characters. The result is what is known as PQA format (for Palm Query Applications), which is placed into a database format similar to PDB and PRC. CML is apparently not stored separately other than as part of the PQA format.
See also
- Compiled HTML Help - Microsoft's take on binary HTML
