Stream: implementers
Topic: BOM handling
Stefan Lang (May 20 2019 at 07:29):
I just came across the question whether BOM shall, should, may, ... must not be supported by a proper FHIR implementation, in this case in the context of file based exchange of FHIR XML.
Apart from "be open in what you receive", I couldn't find anything about that in the FHIR spec.
Therefor I seek wisdom from those who know :slight_smile:
Grahame Grieve (May 20 2019 at 07:30):
we say nothing about it on the grounds that it's part of the UTF-8 specification. My advice: you should accept BOM or no BOM, and you should not send a BOM
Stefan Lang (May 20 2019 at 07:34):
Yes, it's part of UTF-8. But apparently not all UTF-8 implementations acknowledge that ;-)
Anyway, thanks for the quick answer!
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