Re: VOTable alternative?

From: Alasdair Allan <aa-at-astro.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:17:54 +0000 (GMT)

> You can encode the table data inline without using TABLEDATA, and
> without having to reference any external URI.
> E.g. the following is a complete self-contained TABLE element:
>
> <TABLE>
> <FIELD datatype="float" name="Index"/>
> <FIELD arraysize="*" datatype="char" name="Name"/>
> <DATA>
> <BINARY>
> <STREAM encoding='base64'>
> P4AAAAAAAAVmaXJzdEAAAAAAAAAGc2Vjb25kQEAAAAAAAAV0aGlyZA==
> </STREAM>
> </BINARY>
> </DATA>
> </TABLE>
>
> (same applies to FITS - you can write the FITS data base64-encoded
> inline in a STREAM element).

Ah! Yes, I'd forgotten the STREAM tag.

Al. Received on 2004-01-19Z16:18:13