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A Base-85 Encoding Suitable for XML
draft-kwiatkowski-base85-for-xml-02

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Paul Kwiatkowski
Last updated 2004-05-03
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Abstract

This memo proposes a base85 text encoding for arbitrary binary data that is suitable for use in XML documents. This encoding requires approximately 15/16 of the space of the MIME Base64 encoding that is currently supported as a primitive datatype in the XML Schema definition language. In a UTF-8 encoded XML entity, Base85 therefore has 3/4 of the overhead of Base64.

Authors

Paul Kwiatkowski

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