Certainly, anything that could be misconstrued as a tag delimiter, comment delimiter, etc, could throw off a parser.
And any character that could interfere with the transport vehicle (e.g., xml via email with embedded control characters) could mess up the works. Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Mark Feblowitz [t] 617.715.7231 XML Architect [f] 617.495.0188 Frictionless Commerce Incorporated [e] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 400 Technology Square, 9th Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www.frictionless.com -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Rowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AW: unparsed data in XML << File: ATT31976.txt >> << File: ATT31977.txt >> >Leaving aside the question of allowable Unicode characters, >binary data (by definition) contains octets that cannot reasonably >be interpreted as characters at all. For example, the first >poster's GIF. > >Since the point of XML is to be a self-delimiting stream of markup >and text, binary data doesn't fit. Hence the need either to bury it >in a base-64 slab, or to use an entity reference. Oh I see, I mean I realise that. I was just wondering if 'especially control characters' implies that there other characters aside from control characters that are not allowed in an XML document. >S. > > > >Even though XML is based on Unicode, it does not allow all > > >Unicode characters (especially control characters) in an XML > > >document. > > > > Possibly a daft question, but why is that? > > > > >So you have to encode and decode binary content in > > >a form that uses only characters allowed in the XML document. > > >Base64 and UUEncode are two good options. > > > > > >-- > > >Andy Clark * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > >Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 > > > > > > Cliff Rowley > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/2002 Cliff Rowley Tel: +44 (0) 1206 514263 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.onsea.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
