Direct Internet Message Encapsulation

Direct Internet Message Encapsulation ( DIME ) is a proposed Microsoft message format for the transmission of binary messages using SOAP. However, it has been declared in favor of MTOM obsolete. See under " Superseded Specifications "

DIME is a compact, binary message format that can be used to combine one or more application-specific information of any type and size into a single message construct. Any information is described by the type, length, and an optional identifier. Both URIs and MIME media type constructs are supported as type specifiers. The payload per file length is an integer value indicating the number of bytes of information. The optional payload identifier is a URI, the cross -references between the attachments / files / payloads possible. DIME-Nutzlasten/Anhänge may contain nested DIME messages or strings of connected units of unknown length to the time when the data is generated. DIME is basically a message format: it provides no concept of a connection or a logical circuit, or it addresses queuing problems.

Alternatives

Adopted in January 2005, the W3C recommendation for sending attachments with SOAP messages, the SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism (MTOM ). This recommendation is intended to replace all other conventional techniques for the transmission of binary data, such as the use of CDATA blocks, Base64 encoding, SOAP with Attachments for the encapsulation of data in MIME messages, as well as DIME.