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

[Tim Van Holder <tim vanholder anubex com>]

Adam Dickmeiss wrote:
> 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.

How does structure come into it?

I don't see how

  ...
  <foo attr="&#7"/>
  ...

preserves _structure_ better than

  ...
  <foo>
    <attr encoding="base64">[base64 version of &#7;]</attr>
  <foo>
  ...