ASN.1consortium
Character versus binary naming
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.