How to Store Binary Data in XML

How to store binary data in XML Example 3. Binary XMPP representation ¶ <zero/><zero/><one/><one/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/> <zero/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/><zero/><zero/><zero/> <zero/><zero/><one/><zero/><zero/><zero/><zero/><zero/> <zero/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/><one/><zero/><one/> <zero/><one/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/><one/><one/> <zero/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/><one/><zero/><one/> <zero/><one/><one/><zero/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/> <zero/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/><zero/><one/><one/> <zero/><zero/><one/><zero/><one/><one/><one/><one/> <zero/><zero/><one/><one/><one/><one/><zero/><zero/>

A screenshot presents an example of storing binary data in XML using verbose <zero/> and <one/> tags. The joke is that a simple binary sequence is made absurdly long and complicated by representing every bit as XML markup, poking fun at overengineered data formats and excessive technical verbosity.

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