Re: [xml] When will you support xml version 1.1?

[Adam Dickmeiss <adam indexdata dk>]

Michael Day wrote:
> > Our problem area has been ISO2709 which are converted to MARCXML (from 
> > network sources beyond our control). Right now problematic chars, say 
> > &#7, are just thrown away. Another option to avoid data loss would for 
> > us to make _private_ semantics <char num="7"/>.
>
> Another option if you want to tunnel what is essentially uninterpreted 
> binary data through XML is to Base64 encode it, that way even NUL bytes 
It's not binary. It's 7-bit ASCII. And base64 blobs does not preserve 
the structure.

What a shame that this trivial-to-fix mistake in XML 1.0 "not full 
UNICODE including ASCII" may not be fixed anyway.

/ Adam

> or whatever can be handled safely. (As Daniel pointed out, XML 1.1 does 
> not allow arbitrary binary data as text content).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael