Re: Base64

On Tuesday 07 August 2001 04:58, merlin wrote:
> As far as I (possibly we) understand it, schema-normalized values are
> *not* exposed as part of the standard XML infoset (and thus probably
> not DOM), but as part of the post schema-validation infoset, which is
> an augmentation, not a replacement, of the XML infoset.

This is correct unless these values where specified via a default value in 
the schema content model.

> Also, there is a proposal that schema validation be an *explicit*
> transform, so the possibility of sender/recipient schema validation

Right, generally it won't be a problem, but since schema validation (in a few 
instances) could affect the serialized form, it should be considered a 
transform that is explicitly enumerated.