>DIME's encapsulating multiple pieces in a single message, and
>dealing with the complexity of mixing binary and textual
>content. That's more than I want, even though it's a nice
>step down from much of what's out there. At this point I just
>want to send XML - I'll even happily restrict it to UTF-16 XML
>and call it a day.
FWIW, knowing the size (and maybe type) of various pieces is generally a
nice feature and even though you can do it in many ways, this seems to
be sort of the thing you want to keep simple. In at least some contexts,
simple is related to having the information up front in an easily
accessible manner similar to what DIME attempts to do.
Henrik
