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Re: MSXML DOM Special Chars Less Than 32

• To: Michael Rys <mrys@m...>
• Subject: Re: MSXML DOM Special Chars Less Than 32
• From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:45:18 -0800
• Cc: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>, xml-dev@l...
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Michael Rys wrote:

> Base64 encoding is fine for full binary data. The issue is for those
> occasions where you have a string type that contains x0-x1F
> occassionally.


These kind of rogue semantics-free chars are a rich source of
interoperability problems as soon as they cross an organizational
boundary, and XML helps keep you from ignoring this problem.  I
think the current state of affairs is just fine. -Tim

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