[tei-council] conforming binary objects

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Syd Bauman wrote:
> This is not immediately germane to the conformance discussion, but I
> thought I'd mention it now, primarily for Matt Z. and James C., lest
> it be forgotten.
>
> A component of P3 & P4 conformance is that there be no binary data
> other than in declared notations:
>     
....
>
> This needs to be re-written to account for the fact that the
> mimeType= attribute of <binaryObject> is not a declaration.
>
>   
the content of binaryObject cant be binary, though (confusingly),
as XML does not allow it.

or am I missing the point?


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