Re: Summary: Encodings other than base64
"John J. Barton" <[email protected]>
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At 02:10 AM 10/1/2003 +0100, Tony Graham wrote: <snip> >Arguments against encodings other than base64 are: > > - One might take the view that optimizing more than one type > encourages one to send the actual type label as part of the > model. [3] Tony, can you elaborate just a bit on the context for "type" here? Are you referring to the format of the object that might be base64 encoded (eg image/jpeg) or something in the XML space? >[3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Jul/0066.html >[4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Jul/0071.html >[5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-dist-app/2003Jul/0068.html ______________________________________________________ John J. Barton email: [email protected] http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/John_Barton/index.htm MS 1U-17 Hewlett-Packard Labs 1501 Page Mill Road phone: (650)-236-2888 Palo Alto CA 94304-1126 FAX: (650)-857-5100