To me, XML-encoding is a synonym for XML-escaping: ie convert < to <
and so on -- XML-encode this text means make this text safe for
inserting into some XML.
but XML format is in contrast to other data formats like CSV, JSON, etc.
-Mike
On 01/20/2015 01:45 PM, Jim Melton wrote:
> Roger,
>
> When I need to express this kind of sentiment, I word it as "The data
> marked up in XML...". To me, formatting is a process that makes
> something attractive (relatively speaking, of course), closely related
> to rendering. Encoding is, to me, a way of representing characters in
> some binary scheme (e.g., Unicode UTF-8).
>
> I recognize that neither of my definitions are universally accepted.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jim
>
> At 2015-01-20 09:51, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Which of these is correct:
>>
>> (1) The XML-formatted data is ...
>>
>> (2) The XML-encoded data is ...
>>
>> (3) Something else (what?)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> /Roger
>
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