diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c
index 6a8900a..62300ff 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c
+++ b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-char *ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag(struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int expectedTag)
+char *ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag(struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int expectedTag)
 {
   char *error;
   unsigned int type;
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
     return error;
   
   if (type != ndn_BinaryXML_DTAG)
-    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag: header type is not a DTAG";
+    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag: header type is not a DTAG";
   
   if (value != expectedTag)
-    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag: did not get the expected DTAG";
+    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag: did not get the expected DTAG";
   
   return 0;
 }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementClose: read past the end of the input";
   
   if (unsafeReadOctet(self) != ndn_BinaryXML_CLOSE)
-    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag: did not get the expected element close";
+    return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag: did not get the expected element close";
   
   return 0;
 }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
   (struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int expectedTag, int allowNull, unsigned char **value, unsigned int *valueLen)
 {
   char *error;
-  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag(self, expectedTag))
+  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag(self, expectedTag))
     return error;
   
   if (allowNull) {
diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.h b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.h
index 0f3285b..fc151a4 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.h
+++ b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * @param expectedTag the expected value for DTAG
  * @return 0 for success, else an error string, including an error if not the expected tag
  */
-char *ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag(struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int expectedTag);
+char *ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag(struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int expectedTag);
 
 /**
  * Read one byte from self's input starting at offset, expecting it to be the element close.
diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c
index 6a4aebb..603cae3 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c
+++ b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.c
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@
 #include "BinaryXML.h"
 #include "BinaryXMLName.h"
 
+char *ndn_encodeBinaryXMLName(struct ndn_Name *name, struct ndn_BinaryXMLEncoder *encoder)
+{
+  
+}
+
 char *ndn_decodeBinaryXMLName(struct ndn_Name *name, unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength)
 {
   struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder decoder;
   ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_init(&decoder, input, inputLength);
   
   char *error;
-  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readDTag(&decoder, ndn_BinaryXML_DTag_Name))
+  if (error = ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_readElementStartDTag(&decoder, ndn_BinaryXML_DTag_Name))
     return error;
     
   while (1) {
diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.h b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.h
index 3a83b8c..ce46097 100644
--- a/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.h
+++ b/ndn-cpp/c/encoding/BinaryXMLName.h
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 #define	NDN_BINARYXMLNAME_H
 
 #include "../Name.h"
+#include "../util/DynamicUCharArray.h"
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+char *ndn_encodeBinaryXMLName(struct ndn_Name *name, struct ndn_BinaryXMLEncoder *encoder);
+
 char *ndn_decodeBinaryXMLName(struct ndn_Name *name, unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength);
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus