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Re: [xml-dev] MSXML DOM Special Chars Less Than 32

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To: Michael Rys <mrys@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] MSXML DOM Special Chars Less Than 32
From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:45:18 -0800
Cc: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@allette.com.au>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Michael Rys wrote:

> Base64 encoding is fine for full binary data. The issue is for those
> occasions where you have a string type that contains x0-x1F
> occassionally.

These kind of rogue semantics-free chars are a rich source of
interoperability problems as soon as they cross an organizational
boundary, and XML helps keep you from ignoring this problem.  I
think the current state of affairs is just fine. -Tim

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