Hey there!
As part of my MSc dissertation at University of Oxford, I wrote and
published two papers covering the characteristics of various binary
serialization formats, including Smile and performing a
space-efficiency benchmark, respectively.
Sharing them here in case anybody finds them interesting! The first
paper explains how Smile works including an annotated
hexadecimal example and the second compares Smile to various
other popular serialization formats.
- A Survey of JSON-compatible Binary Serialization Specifications:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02089- A Benchmark of JSON-compatible Binary Serialization Specifications:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.03051All the best!