XML doesn't handle embedded binary data very well. However Axiom, the Axis2 Object Model with its native binary data support is able to provide users a simplified and standardized way to handle binary data with XML. In this podcast with Thilina Gunarathne we talk about this new approach to handling binary data.

Thilina Gunarathne is a key contributor to Web Services projects of the Apache Software Foundation. He has been involved in the Apache Axis2 project since it's inception and also implemented the attachments - MTOM/SwA - support for Axis2. Thilina is the founder/lead developer of the Apache Kandula2 project as well as BPEL-Mora, the embeddable business process engine written on top of Apache Axis2. He is currently a member of the Web Services Transactions (WS-TX) technical committee of the international standards organization, OASIS.

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