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Simplify language in multibase datatype section.
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Co-authored-by: Ivan Herman <[email protected]>
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msporny and iherman authored Aug 24, 2023
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<h4 id="multibase">The `multibase` Datatype</h3>

<p>
This specification encodes binary data into [[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded strings,
which is useful in environments that cannot represent some binary values, such
as ASCII-only data formats. In environments that support data types
[[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded strings are used to encode binary data into ASCII-only format, useful in environments that cannot directly represent binary values. This specification makes use of this encoding. In environments that support data types
for string values, such as RDF [[?RDF-CONCEPTS]], [[?MULTIBASE]]-encoded
content is indicated using a literal value whose datatype is set to
`https://w3id.org/security#multibase`.
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<dt>The value space</dt>
<dd>
Any arbitrary binary data value.
An arbitrary binary data value.
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<dt>The lexical-to-value mapping</dt>
<dd>
Any element of the lexical space is mapped to the value space by base-decoding
the value based on the base-decoding alphabet associated with the
first character in the lexical string.
first [[?MULTIBASE]] character in the lexical string.
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<dt>The canonical mapping</dt>
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