[XML-SIG] Ebbeding image data in XML

[Alexandre Fayolle]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 07:33:29PM +0100, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
> I would like to embed an image in an XML file.
> 
> I was thinking of using PIL.tostring() and put it into the imageasstring 
> element.
> 
> <imagedata>
>     <imagemode>RGB</imagemode>
>     <imagesize>(540, 982)</imagesize>
>     <imageasstring>HERE GOES IMAGE DATA</imageasstring>
> </imagedata>
> 
> Currently I use lxml.etree and get encoding errors when I write the 
> image into the element.
> 
> I would like the file to XML Schema complient, so what "xs:" type should 
> one use for the imageasstring element?

You'll need to encode the imagestring data to base64, and use the
appropriate type.  

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