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At 11:33 AM 10/27/99 -0600, you wrote: >Remember the XML 1.0 definition: CDATA sections are "used to escape blocks >of text containing characters which would otherwise be recognized as >markup". Nothing about this implies including XML-illegal characters. > >Re Tim Bray's "CDATA Sections and Binary Data" note: > http://www.xml.com/axml/notes/CDprob.html >I've never read this to state that you can put _raw_ binary data in a CDATA >section. The phrase "When you look at CDATA, you might get the impression >that you could maybe jam your binary data in a CDATA section. You'd be >right, but..." may be a little misleading, but do remember that these are >just explanatory notes that can never be taken to contradict the XML 1.0 >spec itself! > >Yes, base64 is a good method of cramming binary data into a CDATA section, >just be certain that a "]]" can't appear in the encoded data. Can't happen in base64 -- neither "]" nor ">" are legal characters. This is precisely how our application is embedding "binary" data in XML documents: Base64 transfer encoding in a CDATA section. Ken > >Regards, > Nik O, Teton Data Systems, Jackson, Wyo. > > > >xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... >Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 >To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; >unsubscribe xml-dev >To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; >subscribe xml-dev-digest >List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) > > > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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