Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Kesselman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: binary



> Is there a way to embeded binary data inside an XML document without using
> reference entity? Thanks

Briefly: No. See the XML spec; not all binary bytes are legal XML
characters.

Longer answer: Encode the binary as something which _IS_ legal XML, such as
Base64, and design your application so it understands how to decode it
before using it.

> This transmission (and any information attached to it) may be confidential
and 
> is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is 
> addressed.

General point: Using footers of this sort on messages sent to a mailing list
may weaken your ability to defend them in court. You should probably be more
selective about when and where this boilerplate is attached to your
messages. (I'm not a lawyer, I've just heard of a few cases where someone
successfully challenged the claim that something was confidential by showing
that the company was claiming that _EVERYTHING_ was confidential, including
a blank sheet of paper.) 

______________________________________
Joe Kesselman / IBM Research



---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to