RE: [xml-dev] XML and mainframes, yet again

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RE: [xml-dev] XML and mainframes, yet again
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Bray [mailto:]
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML and mainframes, yet again
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> I just had an idea.  How about defining a new Unicode encoding,
> named IBM-with-NEL or something like that, in which the byte
> value #x85 was considered to be an encoding of the character
> U+000A, LINE FEED.  

I've been wondering about similar things... I presume that there is an
EBCDIC encoding already that mainframe XML folks use; what does it do with
NEL?  It would be nice if someone who actually used XML on mainframes (I've
heard rumors that they are out there) would chime in here.