nCharacter
versus binary protocols remains an area of contention – preferred naming often follows this decision.
nCurrent
work on "Fast Web Services" in ITU-T can be stated as "binary encodings for Web Services exchanges"
nFast Web
Services may or may not gain acceptance against XML (character-based) encodings for Web Services, but it is a fight worth fighting! Please
fight!
nHistorically,
ITU-T (CCITT before it) has backed both
binary *and* character-based naming horses.