> Are you aware, though, of an existing Unicode serialization/markup > mechanism without XML's gaps?
No, but I'm not advocating anything other than XML. I'm just pointing out a problem that needs to be solved. > Base64 is frequently used as an escape mechanism for binary data in XML. Yeah, but it's not necessarily binary data. I just want to be able to express all of unicode. > One possible solution to the escaping issue is a standard optional > attribute named "encoding", It's an application level convention, not a standard, and it's still not clear what is being encoded in base64. Is it UTF-8, Java characters, or true binary? For normal text data, with valid unicode characters that aren't legal XML, I'd rather have a simple escaping mechanism. Something like backslash escaping that is easily understood. Maybe something as simple as \00 for � (backslash followed by two hex digits). -Yonik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
