Re: Binary Data in XML?

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Paul Prescod (papresco@technologist.com)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 18:05:18 -0400

Mike Sample wrote:
>
> Is there a standard way to include binary data directly within an
> XML/RDF document?

No.

>Or must one use indirection or ad-hoc encoding

Yes.

I think that it is probably a good thing that you can always know that
an XML document is completely textual.

Paul Prescod