Glossary "non-text content" Small Nit

Our glossary defines non-text content as "Content that is not represented by 
a Unicode character or sequence of Unicode characters".

Images and other binary content are often converted to Unicode characters 
for transmission over the Internet. It could be interpreted that images and 
other binary content can be represented as Unicode characters which is not 
the intent of our glossary term.

I suggest that we add the text "in its native format" to the glossary term 
so it reads:

"Content that is not represented by a Unicode character or sequence of 
Unicode characters in its native format."

There is a note in the Wiki stating:
It is possible to encrypt or encode any content including binary files using 
Unicode characters but that would not "represent the content using Unicode 
characters."

I think that the character encoded file does represent (stand for, 
symbolize) the original file. If we add the "in its native format" text then 
this note could be removed.

Cheers,
Chris

Received on Wednesday, 12 October 2005 13:43:48 UTC