Do UART require data structure/format for serial communication?

[VGNU Linux]

Actually I am trying to data communication between these 2 chips, but facing
troubles in deciding a protocol to do the same.
Do UART have any default protocols? For the moment I am trying to do it with
Strings but not sure if that's the right solution.

Regards,
Vivek

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:43 PM, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com> wrote:

> On 4/11/2011 4:57 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote:
>
>  VGNU Linux wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> I have two chips one understands Python and the other embedded C.I
>>> have connected both chips using UART serial communication channel,
>>> however I have no idea how data communication must be achieved between
>>> this 2 chips. As for example send using C chip string "Hello Python"
>>> which python chip easily understands and replies back a string "Hi C".
>>> I am pretty new to embedded systems can anybody help me understand
>>> data communication using UART.
>>> Thank in advance.
>>>
>>
>    What do you want to do?
>
>    There are many serial protocols.  At the low end, you can
> send text. At the high end, you can send TCP over PPP.
> The Arduno crowd has some protocols of their own.  See
> "http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Libraries".
>
>    Any useful protocol must be able to deal with errors
> on the link, either end restarting, and the other end failing
> to respond.  All those things happen frequently with serial
> ports.
>
>    What do you want to do?
>
>                                        John Nagle
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