@techreport{kwiatkowski-base85-for-xml-02, number = {draft-kwiatkowski-base85-for-xml-02}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kwiatkowski-base85-for-xml/02/}, author = {Paul Kwiatkowski}, title = {{A Base-85 Encoding Suitable for XML}}, pagetotal = 13, year = 2004, month = may, day = 3, 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.}, }