RE: Opaque data, XML, and SOAP

 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Champion, Mike [mailto:Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com] 
> Sent: 11 March 2003 14:56
> To: xml-dist-app@w3.org
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rayw@netscape.com [mailto:rayw@netscape.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:49 AM
> > To: eugene@datapower.com
> > Cc: 'John J. Barton'; xml-dist-app@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: Opaque data, XML, and SOAP
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> > What is obvious to me is that the infoset is a very poor place to 
> > carry  large binary data.
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> Hmmm.  I tend to agree, but it probably depends on what 
> "large" means in a particular context. I'll guess that what 
> we need are well-specified mechanisms that would allow 
> systems designers to *either* carry reasonably-sized binary 
> data along with the infoset when that is appropriate, or to 
> attach references to unreasonably sized binary data for the 
> situations where embedding it in the infoset is 
> inappropriate.

Given that the Infoset is an abstraction, rather than a serialization,
what does 'embedding it in the infoset' mean?

Gudge

Received on Tuesday, 11 March 2003 11:41:33 UTC