RE: Evaluation of XML Schema Part 2 PER base64Binary type

Yup, because at the schema level it's actually "abcd"

Gudge 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacek Kopecky
> Sent: 29 March 2004 13:16
> To: Martin Gudgin
> Cc: XMLP Dist App
> Subject: Re: Evaluation of XML Schema Part 2 PER base64Binary type
> 
> 
> Gudge, does the whitespace stripping rule mean that "  abcd" 
> is also in
> canonical form?
> 
> Jacek
> 
> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 12:24, Martin Gudgin wrote:
> > Dear XMLPers,
> > 
> > I took an action on last weeks call to take a look at the proposed
> > edited recommendation of XML Schema Part 2[1] WRT the base64Binary
> > type[2]. 
> > 
> > The description of the base64Binary type now contains a BNF and a
> > canonical lexical form. The canonical lexical form contains no
> > whitespace characters within the stream of base64 
> characters. Whitespace
> > characters at the beginning and/or end of the stream of base64
> > characters are stripped due to the whitespace facet of the 
> type having a
> > value of collapse. Thus any canonical lexical form of 
> base64Binary is
> > one line of base64 characters.
> > 
> > I believe that the addition of a canonical lexical form 
> satisfies our
> > requirements WRT XOP/MTOM.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Gudge
> > 
> > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PER-xmlschema-2-20040318/
> > [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PER-xmlschema-2-20040318/#base64Binary
> > 
> 
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