Mike Glossary change looks good. 12.3.2.2 change - prefer just "Escape schemes are not available for delimited binary data." Regards Steve Hanson IBM Hybrid Integration, Hursley, UK Architect, IBM DFDL Co-Chair, OGF DFDL Working Group smh@uk.ibm.com tel:+44-1962-815848 mob:+44-7717-378890 Note: I work Tuesday to Friday From: Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl@gmail.com> To: dfdl-wg@ogf.org Date: 15/05/2018 22:39 Subject: [DFDL-WG] Action 297 - places in spec for clarifications about delimited binary Sent by: "dfdl-wg" <dfdl-wg-bounces@ogf.org> I searched the spec for discussion of delimited binary, scanning, and escaping. I can find really only 2 places where a clarification is appropriate and would be helpful: The definition in the glosssary: Delimiter scanning - When parsing, the process of scanning for a specific item in the input data which either marks the end of an item or the beginning of a subsequent item. Delimiter scanning also takes into account escape schemes so as to allow the delimiters to appear within data if properly escaped. changes to (wording change in blue) Delimiter scanning - When parsing, the process of scanning for a specific item in the input data which either marks the end of an item or the beginning of a subsequent item. Delimiter scanning of text representations also takes into account escape schemes so as to allow the delimiters to appear within data if properly escaped. Section 12.3.2.2 Delimited Binary Data This section is extended to include: Delimited binary data may have initiators, terminators, and separators in any supported encoding however escape schemes are not available for delimited binary data. Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com Please note: Contributions to the DFDL Workgroup's email discussions are subject to the OGF Intellectual Property Policy -- dfdl-wg mailing list dfdl-wg@ogf.org https://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/dfdl-wg Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU