diff --git a/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLCodec.js b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLCodec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..349f4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLCodec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+
+var XML_EXT = 0x00; 
+	
+var XML_TAG = 0x01; 
+	
+var XML_DTAG = 0x02; 
+	
+var XML_ATTR = 0x03; 
+ 
+var XML_DATTR = 0x04; 
+	
+var XML_BLOB = 0x05; 
+	
+var XML_UDATA = 0x06; 
+	
+var XML_CLOSE = 0x0;
+
+var XML_SUBTYPE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTIONS = 16; 
+	
+
+var XML_TT_BITS = 3;
+var XML_TT_MASK = ((1 << XML_TT_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_VAL_BITS = XML_TT_BITS + 1;
+var XML_TT_VAL_MASK = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var XML_REG_VAL_BITS = 7;
+var XML_REG_VAL_MASK = ((1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_NO_MORE = (1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS); // 0x80
+var BYTE_MASK = 0xFF;
+var LONG_BYTES = 8;
+var LONG_BITS = 64;
+	
+var bits_11 = 0x0000007FF;
+var bits_18 = 0x00003FFFF;
+var bits_32 = 0x0FFFFFFFF;
+
+
+var TypeAndVal = function TypeAndVal(_type,_val) {
+	this.type = _type;
+	this.val = _val;
+	
+};
+
+var BinaryXMLCodec = function BinaryXMLCodec(){
+	this.CODEC_NAME = "Binary";
+};
+    
+BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeTypeAndValOffset = function(
+	//int
+	type,
+	//long
+	val,
+	//byte []
+	buf,
+	//int
+	offset) {
+	
+	if ((type > XML_UDATA) || (type < 0) || (val < 0)) {
+		throw new Exception("Tag and value must be positive, and tag valid.");
+	}
+	
+	// Encode backwards. Calculate how many bytes we need:
+	var/*int*/ numEncodingBytes = numEncodingBytes(val);
+	
+	if ((offset + numEncodingBytes) > buf.length) {
+		throw new Exception("Buffer space of " + (buf.length-offset) + 
+											" bytes insufficient to hold " + 
+											numEncodingBytes + " of encoded type and value.");
+	}
+	
+
+	buf[offset + numEncodingBytes - 1] = 
+		(BYTE_MASK &
+					(((XML_TT_MASK & type) | 
+					 ((XML_TT_VAL_MASK & val) << XML_TT_BITS))) |
+					 XML_TT_NO_MORE); 
+	val = val >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;;
+
+	var /*int*/ i = offset + numEncodingBytes - 2;
+	while ((0 != val) && (i >= offset)) {
+		buf[i] = (BYTE_MASK &
+						    (val & XML_REG_VAL_MASK)); 
+		val = val >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+		--i;
+	}
+	
+	return numEncodingBytes;
+};
+
+//BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeTypeAndVal =  function(
+	//	//final int 
+		//type, 
+		//final long 
+		//value, 
+		//final OutputStream 
+		//ostream,
+		//offset){
+	
+    /*
+    We exploit the fact that encoding is done from the right, so this actually means
+    there is a deterministic encoding from a long to a Type/Value pair:
+    
+    |    0    |    1    |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |
+    |ABCD.EFGH|IJKL.MNOP|QRST.UVWX|YZ01.2345|6789.abcd|efgh.ijkl|mnop.qrst|uvwx.yz@#
+    
+           60>       53>       46>       39>       32>       25>       18>       11>        4>
+    |_000.ABCD|_EFG.HIJK|_LMN.OPQR|_STU.VWXY|_Z01.2345|_678.9abc|_defg.hij|_klm.nopq|_rst.uvwx|_yz@#___
+    
+    What we want to do is compute the result in MSB order and write it directly
+    to the channel without any intermediate form.
+    */
+
+   //var/*int*/  bits;
+   //var/*int*/  count = 0;
+   
+   // once we start writing bits, we keep writing bits even if they are "0"
+  // var/*bool*/ writing = false;
+   
+   // a few heuristic to catch the small-bit length patterns
+   /*if( value < 0 || value > 15 ) {
+       var start = 60;
+       if( 0 <= value ) {
+    	   if( value < bits_11 )
+    		   start = 4;
+    	   else if( value < bits_18 )
+               start = 11;
+           else if( value < bits_32 )
+               start = 25;
+       }
+       
+       for( var i = start; i >= 4; i -= 7) {
+           bits =  (value >>> i) & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_REG_VAL_MASK;
+           if( bits != 0 || writing ) {
+               ostream.write(bits);
+               count++;
+               writing = true;
+           }
+       }
+   }
+   
+   // Explicit computation of the bottom byte
+   bits = type & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_MASK;
+   var bottom4 = value & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_VAL_MASK;
+   bits |= bottom4 << BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_BITS;
+   // the bottom byte always has the NO_MORE flag
+   bits |= BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_NO_MORE;
+
+   //console.log(ostream.constructor.name);
+   //console.log(ostream);
+   
+   //ostream.writable = true;
+   //console.log(ostream.)
+   ostream.write(bits.toString());
+   
+   count++;
+
+//	byte [] encoding = encodeTypeAndVal(tag, val);
+//	ostream.write(encoding);
+	return count;
+
+}*/
+
+
+BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeTypeAndVal = function(
+		//int
+		type, 
+		//long 
+		val, 
+		//byte [] 
+		buf, 
+		//int 
+		offset) {
+	
+	if ((type > XML_UDATA) || (type < 0) || (val < 0)) {
+		throw new Exception("Tag and value must be positive, and tag valid.");
+	}
+	
+	// Encode backwards. Calculate how many bytes we need:
+	//int
+	var numEncodingBytes = numEncodingBytes(val);
+	
+	if ((offset + numEncodingBytes) > buf.length) {
+		throw new Exception("Buffer space of " + (buf.length-offset) + 
+											" bytes insufficient to hold " + 
+											numEncodingBytes + " of encoded type and value.");
+	}
+	
+	// Bottom 4 bits of val go in last byte with tag.
+	buf[offset + numEncodingBytes - 1] = 
+		//(byte)
+			(BYTE_MASK &
+					(((XML_TT_MASK & type) | 
+					 ((XML_TT_VAL_MASK & val) << XML_TT_BITS))) |
+					 XML_TT_NO_MORE); // set top bit for last byte
+	val = val >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;;
+	
+	// Rest of val goes into preceding bytes, 7 bits per byte, top bit
+	// is "more" flag.
+	var i = offset + numEncodingBytes - 2;
+	while ((0 != val) && (i >= offset)) {
+		buf[i] = //(byte)
+				(BYTE_MASK &
+						    (val & XML_REG_VAL_MASK)); // leave top bit unset
+		val = val >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+		--i;
+	}
+	if (val != 0) {
+		throw new Exception( "This should not happen: miscalculated encoding");
+		//Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "This should not happen: miscalculated encoding length, have " + val + " left.");
+	}
+	
+	return numEncodingBytes;
+}
+
+
+	
+BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.decodeTypeAndVal = function(
+		/*InputStream*/
+		istream) {
+	
+	/*int*/next;
+	/*int*/type = -1;
+	/*long*/val = 0;
+	/*boolean*/more = true;
+
+	do {
+		next = istream.read();
+		
+		if (next < 0) {
+			return null; 
+		}
+
+		if ((0 == next) && (0 == val)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		more = (0 == (next & XML_TT_NO_MORE));
+		
+		if  (more) {
+			val = val << XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= (next & XML_REG_VAL_MASK);
+		} else {
+
+			type = next & XML_TT_MASK;
+			val = val << XML_TT_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= ((next >>> XML_TT_BITS) & XML_TT_VAL_MASK);
+		}
+		
+	} while (more);
+	
+	return new TypeAndVal(type, val);
+};
+
+BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeUString = function(
+		//OutputStream 
+		ostream, 
+		//String 
+		ustring, 
+		//byte 
+		type,
+		offset) {
+	
+	// We elide the encoding of a 0-length UString
+	if ((null == ustring) || (ustring.length == 0)) {
+		//if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINER))
+			//Log.finer(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Eliding 0-length UString.");
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	//byte [] data utils
+	/*custom*/
+	//byte[]
+	strBytes = new Array(ustring.Length);
+	var i = 0;
+	for( ;i<ustring.lengh;i++) //in InStr.ToCharArray())
+	{
+		strBytes[i] = ustring[i];
+	}
+	//strBytes = DataUtils.getBytesFromUTF8String(ustring);
+	
+	this.encodeTypeAndVal(type, 
+						(((type == XML_TAG) || (type == XML_ATTR)) ?
+								(strBytes.length-1) :
+								strBytes.length), ostream);
+	//
+	console.log(strBytes.toString());
+	
+	ostream.write(strBytes.toString(),offset);
+	
+	// 
+};
+
+BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeBlob = function(
+		//OutputStream 
+		ostream, 
+		//byte [] 
+		blob, 
+		//int 
+		offset, 
+		//int 
+		length) {
+	// We elide the encoding of a 0-length blob
+	if ((null == blob) || (length == 0)) {
+
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	encodeTypeAndVal(XML_BLOB, length, ostream,offset);
+	if (null != blob) {
+		ostream.write(blob, this.offset, length);
+		this.offset += length;
+	}
+};
+
+
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_1_BYTE = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_2_BYTES = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS + XML_REG_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_3_BYTES = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS + 2 * XML_REG_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+
+var numEncodingBytes = function(
+		//long
+		x) {
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_1_BYTE) return (1);
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_2_BYTES) return (2);
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_3_BYTES) return (3);
+	
+	var numbytes = 1;
+	
+	// Last byte gives you XML_TT_VAL_BITS
+	// Remainder each give you XML_REG_VAL_BITS
+	x = x >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;
+	while (x != 0) {
+        numbytes++;
+		x = x >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+	}
+	return (numbytes);
+}
+
+//TODO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87a3530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,812 @@
+//TODO:go back on DEBUG stuff
+//MARK LENGTH STUFF NOT SURE WHAT IT"S ABOUT
+//PUSH instead of PUT on attributes
+var XML_EXT = 0x00; 
+	
+var XML_TAG = 0x01; 
+	
+var XML_DTAG = 0x02; 
+	
+var XML_ATTR = 0x03; 
+ 
+var XML_DATTR = 0x04; 
+	
+var XML_BLOB = 0x05; 
+	
+var XML_UDATA = 0x06; 
+	
+var XML_CLOSE = 0x0;
+
+var XML_SUBTYPE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTIONS = 16; 
+	
+
+var XML_TT_BITS = 3;
+var XML_TT_MASK = ((1 << XML_TT_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_VAL_BITS = XML_TT_BITS + 1;
+var XML_TT_VAL_MASK = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var XML_REG_VAL_BITS = 7;
+var XML_REG_VAL_MASK = ((1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_NO_MORE = (1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS); // 0x80
+var BYTE_MASK = 0xFF;
+var LONG_BYTES = 8;
+var LONG_BITS = 64;
+	
+var bits_11 = 0x0000007FF;
+var bits_18 = 0x00003FFFF;
+var bits_32 = 0x0FFFFFFFF;
+
+
+
+//returns a string
+tagToString = function(/*long*/ tagVal) {
+	if ((tagVal >= 0) && (tagVal < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length)) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[tagVal];
+	} else if (tagVal == CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+//returns a Long
+stringToTag =  function(/*String*/ tagName) {
+	// the slow way, but right now we don't care.... want a static lookup for the forward direction
+	for (var i=0; i < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length; ++i) {
+		if ((null != CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i]) && (CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i] == tagName)) {
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	if (CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT == tagName) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+//console.log(stringToTag(64));
+var BinaryXMLDecoder = function BinaryXMLDecoder(istream){
+	var MARK_LEN=512;
+	var DEBUG_MAX_LEN =  32768;
+	
+	this.istream = istream;
+	//console.log('istream is '+ this.istream);
+	this.offset = 0;
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartElement =function(
+	//String
+	startTag,				    
+	//TreeMap<String, String>
+	attributes) {
+
+	try {
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		if (null == tv) {
+			throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got something not a tag.");
+		}
+		
+		//String 
+		decodedTag = null;
+		
+		if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+			
+			decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.Istream, tv.val()+1);
+			
+		} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+			decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());	
+		}
+		
+		if ((null ==  decodedTag) || decodedTag != startTag) {
+			throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + decodedTag + "(" + tv.val() + ")");
+		}
+		
+		if (null != attributes) {
+			readAttributes(attributes); 
+		}
+		
+	} catch (e) {
+		throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readAttributes = function(
+	//TreeMap<String,String> 
+	attributes){
+	
+	if (null == attributes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		while ((null != nextTV) && ((XML_ATTR == nextTV.type()) ||
+				(XML_DATTR == nextTV.type()))) {
+
+			//this.TypeAndVal 
+			thisTV = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.Istream);
+
+			var attributeName = null;
+			if (XML_ATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				
+				attributeName = this.decodeUString(this.istream, thisTV.val()+1);
+
+			} else if (XML_DATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// DKS TODO are attributes same or different dictionary?
+				attributeName = tagToString(thisTV.val());
+				if (null == attributeName) {
+					throw new ContentDecodingException("Unknown DATTR value" + thisTV.val());
+				}
+			}
+			
+			var attributeValue = this.decodeUString(this.istream);
+
+			attributes.put(attributeName, attributeValue);
+
+			nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		}
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.initializeDecoding = function() {
+		//if (!this.istream.markSupported()) {
+			//throw new IllegalArgumentException(this.getClass().getName() + ": input stream must support marking!");
+		//}
+}
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartDocument = function(){
+		// Currently no start document in binary encoding.
+	}
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readEndDocument = function() {
+		// Currently no end document in binary encoding.
+	};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartElement = function(
+		//String 
+		startTag,
+		//TreeMap<String, String> 
+		attributes) {
+	
+		
+		//NOT SURE
+		//if(typeof startTag == 'number')
+			//startTag = tagToString(startTag);
+		
+		//try {
+			//TypeAndVal 
+			tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+			
+			if (null == tv) {
+				throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got something not a tag.");
+			}
+			
+			//String 
+			decodedTag = null;
+			console.log(tv);
+			console.log(typeof tv);
+			
+			console.log(XML_TAG);
+			if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+				//console.log('got here');
+				//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got tag in readStartElement; looking for tag " + startTag + " got length: " + (int)tv.val()+1);
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				console.log('valval is ' +valval);
+				
+				decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream,  valval);
+				
+			} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+				console.log('gothere');
+				//console.log(tv.val());
+				//decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());
+				//console.log()
+				decodedTag = tv.val();
+			}
+			
+			//console.log(decodedTag);
+			console.log('startTag is '+startTag);
+			
+			
+			if ((null ==  decodedTag) || decodedTag != startTag ) {
+				console.log('expecting '+ startag + ' but got '+ decodedTag);
+				throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + decodedTag + "(" + tv.val() + ")");
+			}
+			
+			// DKS: does not read attributes out of stream if caller doesn't
+			// ask for them. Should possibly peek and skip over them regardless.
+			// TODO: fix this
+			if (null != attributes) {
+				readAttributes(attributes); 
+			}
+			
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//console.log(e);
+			//throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+		//}
+	}
+	
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readAttributes = function(
+	//TreeMap<String,String> 
+	attributes) {
+	
+	if (null == attributes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		// Now need to get attributes.
+		//TypeAndVal 
+		nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		while ((null != nextTV) && ((XML_ATTR == nextTV.type()) ||
+				(XML_DATTR == nextTV.type()))) {
+
+			// Decode this attribute. First, really read the type and value.
+			//this.TypeAndVal 
+			thisTV = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+			//String 
+			attributeName = null;
+			if (XML_ATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as attribute names cannot be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				attributeName = this.decodeUString(this.istream,valval);
+
+			} else if (XML_DATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// DKS TODO are attributes same or different dictionary?
+				attributeName = tagToString(thisTV.val());
+				if (null == attributeName) {
+					throw new Exception("Unknown DATTR value" + thisTV.val());
+				}
+			}
+			// Attribute values are always UDATA
+			//String
+			attributeValue = this.decodeUString(this.istream);
+
+			//
+			attributes.push([attributeName, attributeValue]);
+
+			nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		}
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+		Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+		throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+//returns a string
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElementAsString = function() {
+	//this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+
+	//String 
+	decodedTag = null;
+	var previousOffset = this.offset;
+	try {
+		// Have to distinguish genuine errors from wrong tags. Could either use
+		// a special exception subtype, or redo the work here.
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		if (null != tv) {
+
+			if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+				/*if (tv.val()+1 > DEBUG_MAX_LEN) {
+					throw new ContentDecodingException("Decoding error: length " + tv.val()+1 + " longer than expected maximum length!");
+				}*/
+
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+				
+				//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got text tag in peekStartElement; length: " + valval + " decoded tag = " + decodedTag);
+
+			} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+				decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());					
+			}
+
+		} // else, not a type and val, probably an end element. rewind and return false.
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+		/*try {
+			this.istream.reset();
+			this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+			long ms = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			File tempFile = new File("data_" + Long.toString(ms) + ".ccnb");
+			FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
+			try {
+				byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
+				while (this.istream.available() > 0) {
+					int count = this.istream.read(buf);
+					fos.write(buf,0, count);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				fos.close();
+			}
+			this.istream.reset();
+			Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "BinaryXMLDecoder: exception in peekStartElement, dumping offending object to file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw e;
+			
+		} catch (IOException ie) {
+			Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder error handling: " + e.getMessage());
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, ie);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+
+		}
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+		Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder: " + e.getMessage());
+		Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+	*/
+	} finally {
+		try {
+			//this.istream.reset();
+			this.offset = previousOffset;
+		} catch ( e) {
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot reset stream! " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+	return decodedTag;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElement = function(
+		//String 
+		startTag) {
+	//String 
+	if(typeof startTag == 'string'){
+		decodedTag = this.peekStartElementAsString();
+		
+		if ((null !=  decodedTag) && decodedTag == startTag) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	else if(typeof startTag == 'number'){
+		decodedTag = this.peekStartElementAsLong();
+		if ((null !=  decodedTag) && decodedTag == startTag) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	else{
+		throw new Exception("SHOULD BE STRING OR NUMBER");
+	}
+}
+//returns Long
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElementAsLong = function() {
+		//this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+
+		//Long
+		decodedTag = null;
+		
+		var previousOffset = this.offset;
+		
+		try {
+			// Have to distinguish genuine errors from wrong tags. Could either use
+			// a special exception subtype, or redo the work here.
+			//this.TypeAndVal
+			tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+			if (null != tv) {
+
+				if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+					if (tv.val()+1 > DEBUG_MAX_LEN) {
+						throw new ContentDecodingException("Decoding error: length " + tv.val()+1 + " longer than expected maximum length!");
+					}
+
+					var valval ;
+					if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+						valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+					}
+					else
+						valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+					
+					// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+					//String 
+					strTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+					
+					decodedTag = stringToTag(strTag);
+					
+					//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got text tag in peekStartElement; length: " + valval + " decoded tag = " + decodedTag);
+					
+				} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+					decodedTag = tv.val();					
+				}
+
+			} // else, not a type and val, probably an end element. rewind and return false.
+
+		} catch ( e) {
+			/*try {
+				this.istream.reset();
+				this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+				long ms = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				File tempFile = new File("data_" + Long.toString(ms) + ".ccnb");
+				FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
+				try {
+					byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
+					while (this.istream.available() > 0) {
+						int count = this.istream.read(buf);
+						fos.write(buf,0, count);
+					}
+				} finally {
+					fos.close();
+				}
+				this.istream.reset();
+				Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "BinaryXMLDecoder: exception in peekStartElement, dumping offending object to file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+				throw e;
+				
+			} catch (IOException ie) {
+				Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder error handling: " + e.getMessage());
+				Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder peekStartElementAsLong: " + e.getMessage());
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+		*/
+		} finally {
+			try {
+				//this.istream.reset();
+				this.offset = previousOffset;
+			} catch ( e) {
+				Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+				throw new Exception("Cannot reset stream! " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+		}
+		return decodedTag;
+	};
+
+
+//byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readBinaryElement = function(
+		//long 
+		startTag,
+		//TreeMap<String, String> 
+		attributes){
+	//byte [] 
+	blob = null;
+	//try {
+		this.readStartElement(startTag, attributes);
+		blob = this.readBlob();
+		// readEndElement(); // readBlob consumes end element
+	//} catch ( e) {
+		//throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	//}
+
+	return blob;
+
+};
+	
+	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readEndElement = function(){
+		try {
+			var next = this.istream[this.offset]; 
+			this.offset++;
+			//read();
+			if (next != XML_CLOSE) {
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected end element, got: " + next);
+			}
+		} catch ( e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e);
+		}
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a UString. Force this to consume the end element to match the
+	 * behavior on the text side.
+	 */
+//String	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readUString = function(){
+		//try {
+			//String 
+			ustring = this.decodeUString(this.istream);	
+			this.readEndElement();
+			return ustring;
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//throw new Exception(e.getMessage(),e);
+		//}
+	};
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read a BLOB. Force this to consume the end element to match the
+	 * behavior on the text side.
+	 */
+//returns a byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readBlob = function() {
+		//try {
+			//byte []
+			
+			blob = this.decodeBlob(this.istream);	
+			this.readEndElement();
+			return blob;
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//throw new Exception(e.getMessage(),e);
+		//}
+	};
+
+//read time returns CCNTime
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readDateTime = function(
+	//String 
+	startTag) {
+	//byte [] 
+	byteTimestamp = this.readBinaryElement(startTag);
+	//CCNTime 
+	timestamp = new CCNTime(byteTimestamp);
+	if (null == timestamp) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + DataUtils.printHexBytes(byteTimestamp));
+	}		
+	return timestamp;
+};
+*/
+//CCNTime
+	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readDateTime = function(
+	//long 
+	startTag)  {
+	//byte [] 
+	
+	byteTimestamp = this.readBinaryElement(startTag);
+	//CCNTime 
+	timestamp = new CCNTime();
+	timestamp.setDateBinary(byteTimestamp);
+	
+	if (null == timestamp) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + DataUtils.printHexBytes(byteTimestamp));
+	}		
+	return timestamp;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeTypeAndVal = function(
+		/*InputStream*/
+		istream) {
+	
+	/*int*/next;
+	/*int*/type = -1;
+	/*long*/val = 0;
+	/*boolean*/more = true;
+
+	
+	//var savedOffset = this.offset;
+	var count = 0;
+	
+	do {
+		//next = istream.read();
+		//console.log('a');
+		console.log('offset is' + this.offset);
+		var next = this.istream[this.offset ];
+		console.log('next is' + next);
+		//console.log('istream is ' + this.istream);
+		
+		
+		if (next < 0) {
+			return null; 
+		}
+
+		if ((0 == next) && (0 == val)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		more = (0 == (next & XML_TT_NO_MORE));
+		
+		if  (more) {
+			val = val << XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= (next & XML_REG_VAL_MASK);
+		} else {
+
+			type = next & XML_TT_MASK;
+			val = val << XML_TT_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= ((next >>> XML_TT_BITS) & XML_TT_VAL_MASK);
+		}
+		
+		this.offset++;
+		
+	} while (more);
+	
+	return new TypeAndVal(type, val);
+};
+
+
+
+//TypeAndVal
+BinaryXMLDecoder.peekTypeAndVal = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream) {
+	//TypeAndVal 
+	tv = null;
+	
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);		
+	
+	var previousOffset = this.offset;
+	
+	try {
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+	} finally {
+		//istream.reset();
+		this.offset = previousOffset;
+	}
+	
+	return tv;
+};
+
+//byte []
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeBlob = function(
+		//InputStream
+
+		istream) {
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);
+	
+	TypeAndVal tv = decodeTypeAndVal(istream);
+	if ((null == tv) || (XML_BLOB != tv.type())) { // if we just have closers left, will get back null
+		if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINEST))
+			Log.finest(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Expected BLOB, got " + ((null == tv) ? " not a tag " : tv.type()) + ", assuming elided 0-length blob.");
+		istream.reset();
+		return new byte[0];
+	}
+
+	var valval ;
+	if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+		valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+	}
+	else
+		valval = (tv.val());
+	
+	return decodeBlob(istream, valval);
+};*/
+
+//byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeBlob = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream, 
+		//int 
+		blobLength) {
+	
+	
+	if(null == blobLength){
+		//TypeAndVal
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		var valval ;
+		if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+			valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+		}
+		else
+			valval = (tv.val());
+		
+		console.log('valval here is ' + valval);
+		return  this.decodeBlob(this.istream, valval);
+	}
+	
+	//
+	//byte [] 
+	//bytes = new byte[blobLength];
+	console.log('this.offset is '+ this.offset);
+	console.log('blogLength is '+ blobLength);
+	
+	bytes = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+ blobLength);
+	this.offset += blobLength;
+	
+	//int 
+	return bytes;
+	
+	count = 0;
+	/*
+	while (true) {
+		count += istream.read(bytes, count, (blobLength - count));
+		//Library.info("read "+count+" bytes out of "+blobLength+" in decodeBlob");
+		if (count < bytes.length) {
+			//we couldn't read enough..  need to try to read all of the bytes
+			//loop again...
+			//should we add a max number of tries?
+		} else if (count == bytes.length) {
+			//we are done reading!  return now.
+			return bytes;
+		} else {
+			//we somehow read more than we should have...
+
+			throw new Exception("Expected to read " + bytes.length + 
+					" bytes of data, read: " + count);
+		}
+	}*/
+};
+
+//String
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeUString = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream) {
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);
+	
+	//TypeAndVal 
+	tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(istream);
+	
+	/*if ((null == tv) || (XML_UDATA != tv.type())) { // if we just have closers left, will get back null
+		if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINEST))
+			Log.finest(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Expected UDATA, got " + ((null == tv) ? " not a tag " : tv.type()) + ", assuming elided 0-length blob.");
+		istream.reset();
+		return "";
+	}*/
+/*
+	var valval ;
+	if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+		valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+	}
+	else
+		valval = (tv.val());
+	
+	return this.decodeUString(istream, valval);
+}*/
+
+//String
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeUString = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream, 
+		//int 
+		byteLength) {
+	
+	if(null == byteLength){
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		var valval ;
+		if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+			valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+		}
+		else
+			valval = (tv.val());
+		
+		byteLength= this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+	}
+	
+	//byte [] 
+	console.log('bytes Length here is '+ byteLength);
+	
+	stringBytes = this.decodeBlob(this.istream, byteLength);
+	
+	tempBuffer = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+byteLength);
+	this.offset+= byteLength;
+	console.log('read the String' + tempBuffer.toString('ascii'));
+	return tempBuffer.toString('ascii');//DataUtils.getUTF8StringFromBytes(stringBytes);
+};
+
+var TypeAndVal = function TypeAndVal(_type,_val) {
+	this.t = _type;
+	this.v = _val;
+	
+};
+
+TypeAndVal.prototype.type = function(){
+	return this.t;
+};
+
+TypeAndVal.prototype.val = function(){
+	return this.v;
+};
+//TODO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLEncoder.js b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLEncoder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5039ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLEncoder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+
+var XML_EXT = 0x00; 
+	
+var XML_TAG = 0x01; 
+	
+var XML_DTAG = 0x02; 
+	
+var XML_ATTR = 0x03; 
+ 
+var XML_DATTR = 0x04; 
+	
+var XML_BLOB = 0x05; 
+	
+var XML_UDATA = 0x06; 
+	
+var XML_CLOSE = 0x0;
+
+var XML_SUBTYPE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTIONS = 16; 
+	
+
+var XML_TT_BITS = 3;
+var XML_TT_MASK = ((1 << XML_TT_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_VAL_BITS = XML_TT_BITS + 1;
+var XML_TT_VAL_MASK = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var XML_REG_VAL_BITS = 7;
+var XML_REG_VAL_MASK = ((1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_NO_MORE = (1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS); // 0x80
+var BYTE_MASK = 0xFF;
+var LONG_BYTES = 8;
+var LONG_BITS = 64;
+	
+var bits_11 = 0x0000007FF;
+var bits_18 = 0x00003FFFF;
+var bits_32 = 0x0FFFFFFFF;
+
+//var BinaryXMLCodec = require('./BinaryXMLCodec').BinaryXMLCodec;
+
+//var codec = new BinaryXMLCodec();
+
+
+var BinaryXMLEncoder = function BinaryXMLEncoder(){
+
+	this.ostream = new Array(1024);
+	
+	this.offset =0;
+	
+	this.CODEC_NAME = "Binary";
+	
+};
+
+
+/*BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.beginEncoding = function() {
+	this.ostream = new Buffer(1024);
+	this.offset = 0;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.endEncoding = function(){
+	//this.ostream.end();
+};*/
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeUString = function(/*String*/ utf8Content){
+	this.encodeUString(this.ostream, utf8Content);
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeBlob = function(/*byte []*/ binaryContent
+		//, /*int*/ offset, /*int*/ length
+		)  {
+	//console.log(binaryContent);
+	this.encodeBlob(this.ostream, binaryContent, this.offset, binaryContent.length);
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeStartElement = function(/*String*/ tag, /*TreeMap<String,String>*/ attributes){
+
+	/*Long*/ dictionaryVal = tag;//stringToTag(tag);
+	
+	if (null == dictionaryVal) {
+
+		this.encodeUString(this.ostream, tag, XML_TAG);
+		
+	} else {
+		this.encodeTypeAndVal(XML_DTAG, dictionaryVal, this.ostream);
+	}
+	
+	if (null != attributes) {
+		this.writeAttributes(attributes); 
+	}
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeEndElement = function(){
+	//console.log(XML_CLOSE);
+	//console.log(tagToString(XML_CLOSE));
+	//this.ostream.writeUInt8(  XML_CLOSE  ,this.offset);
+	this.ostream[this.offset] = XML_CLOSE;
+	this.offset+= 1;
+}
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeAttributes = function(/*TreeMap<String,String>*/ attributes) {
+	
+	if (null == attributes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// the keySet of a TreeMap is sorted.
+	/*Set<String> keySet = attributes.keySet();
+	Iterator<String> it = keySet.iterator();*/
+	
+	for(var i=0; i<attributes.length;i++){
+		var strAttr = attributes[i].k;
+		var strValue = attributes[i].v;
+
+		var dictionaryAttr = stringToTag(strAttr);
+		if (null == dictionaryAttr) {
+			// not in dictionary, encode as attr
+			// compressed format wants length of tag represented as length-1
+			// to save that extra bit, as tag cannot be 0 length.
+			// encodeUString knows to do that.
+			this.encodeUString(this.ostream, strAttr, XML_ATTR);
+		} else {
+			this.encodeTypeAndVal(XML_DATTR, dictionaryAttr, this.ostream);
+		}
+		// Write value
+		this.encodeUString(this.ostream, strValue);
+		
+	}
+
+	
+}
+
+//returns a string
+stringToTag = function(/*long*/ tagVal) {
+	if ((tagVal >= 0) && (tagVal < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length)) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[tagVal];
+	} else if (tagVal == CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+//returns a Long
+tagToString =  function(/*String*/ tagName) {
+	// the slow way, but right now we don't care.... want a static lookup for the forward direction
+	for (var i=0; i < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length; ++i) {
+		if ((null != CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i]) && (CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i] == tagName)) {
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	if (CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT == tagName) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeElement = function(
+		//long 
+		tag, 
+		//byte[] 
+		binaryContent,
+		//TreeMap<String, String> 
+		attributes) {
+	this.writeStartElement(tag, attributes);
+	// Will omit if 0-length
+	
+	this.writeBlob(binaryContent);
+	this.writeEndElement();
+}
+
+//TODO
+//console.log(stringToTag(0));
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+var TypeAndVal = function TypeAndVal(_type,_val) {
+	this.type = _type;
+	this.val = _val;
+	
+};
+
+
+    
+/*BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.encodeTypeAndValOffset = function(
+	//int
+	type,
+	//long
+	val,
+	//byte []
+	buf,
+	//int
+	offset) {
+	
+	if ((type > XML_UDATA) || (type < 0) || (val < 0)) {
+		throw new Exception("Tag and value must be positive, and tag valid.");
+	}
+	
+	// Encode backwards. Calculate how many bytes we need:
+	//int
+	var numEncodingBytes = numEncodingBytes(val);
+	
+	if ((offset + numEncodingBytes) > buf.length) {
+		throw new Exception("Buffer space of " + (buf.length-offset) + 
+											" bytes insufficient to hold " + 
+											numEncodingBytes + " of encoded type and value.");
+	}
+	
+
+	buf[offset + numEncodingBytes - 1] = 
+		(BYTE_MASK &
+					(((XML_TT_MASK & type) | 
+					 ((XML_TT_VAL_MASK & val) << XML_TT_BITS))) |
+					 XML_TT_NO_MORE); 
+	val = val >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;;
+	//int
+	var  i = offset + numEncodingBytes - 2;
+	while ((0 != val) && (i >= offset)) {
+		buf[i] = (BYTE_MASK &
+						    (val & XML_REG_VAL_MASK)); 
+		val = val >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+		--i;
+	}
+	
+	return numEncodingBytes;
+};*/
+
+//BinaryXMLCodec.prototype.encodeTypeAndVal =  function(
+	//	//final int 
+		//type, 
+		//final long 
+		//value, 
+		//final OutputStream 
+		//ostream,
+		//offset){
+	
+    /*
+    We exploit the fact that encoding is done from the right, so this actually means
+    there is a deterministic encoding from a long to a Type/Value pair:
+    
+    |    0    |    1    |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |
+    |ABCD.EFGH|IJKL.MNOP|QRST.UVWX|YZ01.2345|6789.abcd|efgh.ijkl|mnop.qrst|uvwx.yz@#
+    
+           60>       53>       46>       39>       32>       25>       18>       11>        4>
+    |_000.ABCD|_EFG.HIJK|_LMN.OPQR|_STU.VWXY|_Z01.2345|_678.9abc|_defg.hij|_klm.nopq|_rst.uvwx|_yz@#___
+    
+    What we want to do is compute the result in MSB order and write it directly
+    to the channel without any intermediate form.
+    */
+
+   //var/*int*/  bits;
+   //var/*int*/  count = 0;
+   
+   // once we start writing bits, we keep writing bits even if they are "0"
+  // var/*bool*/ writing = false;
+   
+   // a few heuristic to catch the small-bit length patterns
+   /*if( value < 0 || value > 15 ) {
+       var start = 60;
+       if( 0 <= value ) {
+    	   if( value < bits_11 )
+    		   start = 4;
+    	   else if( value < bits_18 )
+               start = 11;
+           else if( value < bits_32 )
+               start = 25;
+       }
+       
+       for( var i = start; i >= 4; i -= 7) {
+           bits =  (value >>> i) & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_REG_VAL_MASK;
+           if( bits != 0 || writing ) {
+               ostream.write(bits);
+               count++;
+               writing = true;
+           }
+       }
+   }
+   
+   // Explicit computation of the bottom byte
+   bits = type & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_MASK;
+   var bottom4 = value & BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_VAL_MASK;
+   bits |= bottom4 << BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_BITS;
+   // the bottom byte always has the NO_MORE flag
+   bits |= BinaryXMLCodec.XML_TT_NO_MORE;
+
+   //console.log(ostream.constructor.name);
+   //console.log(ostream);
+   
+   //ostream.writable = true;
+   //console.log(ostream.)
+   ostream.write(bits.toString());
+   
+   count++;
+
+//	byte [] encoding = encodeTypeAndVal(tag, val);
+//	ostream.write(encoding);
+	return count;
+
+}*/
+
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.encodeTypeAndVal = function(
+		//int
+		type, 
+		//long 
+		val, 
+		//byte [] 
+		buf) {
+	
+	console.log('Encoding type '+ type+ ' and value '+ val);
+	
+	if ((type > XML_UDATA) || (type < 0) || (val < 0)) {
+		throw new Exception("Tag and value must be positive, and tag valid.");
+	}
+	
+	// Encode backwards. Calculate how many bytes we need:
+	var numEncodingBytes = this.numEncodingBytes(val);
+	
+	if ((this.offset + numEncodingBytes) > buf.length) {
+		throw new Exception("Buffer space of " + (buf.length-this.offset) + 
+											" bytes insufficient to hold " + 
+											numEncodingBytes + " of encoded type and value.");
+	}
+	
+	// Bottom 4 bits of val go in last byte with tag.
+	buf[this.offset + numEncodingBytes - 1] = 
+		//(byte)
+			(BYTE_MASK &
+					(((XML_TT_MASK & type) | 
+					 ((XML_TT_VAL_MASK & val) << XML_TT_BITS))) |
+					 XML_TT_NO_MORE); // set top bit for last byte
+	val = val >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;;
+	
+	// Rest of val goes into preceding bytes, 7 bits per byte, top bit
+	// is "more" flag.
+	var i = this.offset + numEncodingBytes - 2;
+	while ((0 != val) && (i >= this.offset)) {
+		buf[i] = //(byte)
+				(BYTE_MASK &
+						    (val & XML_REG_VAL_MASK)); // leave top bit unset
+		val = val >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+		--i;
+	}
+	if (val != 0) {
+		throw new Exception( "This should not happen: miscalculated encoding");
+		//Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "This should not happen: miscalculated encoding length, have " + val + " left.");
+	}
+	this.offset+= numEncodingBytes;
+	console.log('offset increased after tag to  '+this.offset);
+	
+	return numEncodingBytes;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.encodeUString = function(
+		//OutputStream 
+		ostream, 
+		//String 
+		ustring, 
+		//byte 
+		type) {
+	
+	// We elide the encoding of a 0-length UString
+	if ((null == ustring) || (ustring.length == 0)) {
+		//if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINER))
+			//Log.finer(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Eliding 0-length UString.");
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	console.log('Writting String to  '+ ustring);
+	
+	//byte [] data utils
+	/*custom*/
+	//byte[]
+	strBytes = new Array(ustring.Length);
+	var i = 0;
+	for( ;i<ustring.lengh;i++) //in InStr.ToCharArray())
+	{
+		strBytes[i] = ustring[i];
+	}
+	//strBytes = DataUtils.getBytesFromUTF8String(ustring);
+	
+	this.encodeTypeAndVal(type, 
+						(((type == XML_TAG) || (type == XML_ATTR)) ?
+								(strBytes.length-1) :
+								strBytes.length), ostream);
+	
+	//console.log(strBytes.toString());
+
+	ostream.write(strBytes.toString(),this.offset);
+	this.offset+= strBytes.length;
+	console.log('offset increased after String to '+this.offset);
+	// 
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.encodeBlob = function(
+		//OutputStream 
+		ostream, 
+		//byte [] 
+		blob, 
+		//int 
+		offset, 
+		//int 
+		length) {
+
+	console.log('Writting Blob   ');
+	console.log('length is '+ length);
+	
+	// We elide the encoding of a 0-length blob
+	if ((null == blob) || (length == 0)) {
+
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	
+	this.encodeTypeAndVal(XML_BLOB, length, ostream,offset);
+	
+	if (null != blob) {
+		//console.log(blob);
+		//maybe blog.t
+		ostream.write(blob.toString(), this.offset);
+		this.offset += length;
+		console.log('offset increased after blob to  '+this.offset);
+	}
+};
+
+
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_1_BYTE = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_2_BYTES = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS + XML_REG_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var ENCODING_LIMIT_3_BYTES = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS + 2 * XML_REG_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.numEncodingBytes = function(
+		//long
+		x) {
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_1_BYTE) return (1);
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_2_BYTES) return (2);
+	if (x <= ENCODING_LIMIT_3_BYTES) return (3);
+	
+	var numbytes = 1;
+	
+	// Last byte gives you XML_TT_VAL_BITS
+	// Remainder each give you XML_REG_VAL_BITS
+	x = x >>> XML_TT_VAL_BITS;
+	while (x != 0) {
+        numbytes++;
+		x = x >>> XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+	}
+	return (numbytes);
+};
+
+BinaryXMLEncoder.prototype.writeDateTime = function(
+		//String 
+		tag, 
+		//CCNTime 
+		dateTime) {
+	this.writeElement(tag, dateTime.toBinaryTime());
+};
diff --git a/latest/encoding/DataUtils.js b/latest/encoding/DataUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c931bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/DataUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+
+
+var DataUtils = function DataUtils(){
+	
+	
+};
+
+//exports.DataUtils =DataUtils;
+
+
+  var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" +
+               "QRSTUVWXYZabcdef" +
+               "ghijklmnopqrstuv" +
+               "wxyz0123456789+/" +
+               "=";
+
+DataUtils.encode64=function encode64(input) {
+     input = escape(input);
+     var output = "";
+     var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
+     var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
+     var i = 0;
+
+     do {
+        chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+
+        enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
+        enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
+        enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
+        enc4 = chr3 & 63;
+
+        if (isNaN(chr2)) {
+           enc3 = enc4 = 64;
+        } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
+           enc4 = 64;
+        }
+
+        output = output +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc1) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc3) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc4);
+        chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
+        enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
+     } while (i < input.length);
+
+     return output;
+  }
+
+DataUtils.decode64 = function decode64(input) {
+     var output = "";
+     var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
+     var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
+     var i = 0;
+
+     // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
+     var base64test = /[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g;
+     if (base64test.exec(input)) {
+        alert("There were invalid base64 characters in the input text.\n" +
+              "Valid base64 characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '+', '/',and '='\n" +
+              "Expect errors in decoding.");
+     }
+     input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
+
+     do {
+        enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+
+        chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+        chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+        chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+
+        output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
+
+        if (enc3 != 64) {
+           output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
+        }
+        if (enc4 != 64) {
+           output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
+        }
+
+        chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
+        enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
+
+     } while (i < input.length);
+
+     return unescape(output);
+  };
+  
+  
+
+
+
+//byte [] 
+DataUtils.prototype.unsignedLongToByteArray= function( value) {
+	if( 0 == value )
+		return [0];
+
+	if( 0 <= value && value <= 0x00FF ) {
+		//byte [] 
+		bb = new Array[1];
+		bb[0] = (value & 0x00FF);
+		return bb;
+	}
+
+	
+	//byte [] 
+	out = null;
+	//int
+	var offset = -1;
+	for(var i = 7; i >=0; --i) {
+		//byte
+		b = ((value >> (i * 8)) & 0xFF);
+		if( out == null && b != 0 ) {
+			out = new byte[i+1];
+			offset = i;
+		}
+		if( out != null )
+			out[ offset - i ] = b;
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+//function init(){
+	
+	//var encoded = DataUtils.encode64('abc');
+	//console.log(encoded);
+//}
+//init();
+
+
diff --git a/latest/encoding/TextXMLCodec.js b/latest/encoding/TextXMLCodec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d1121b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/TextXMLCodec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//todo parse this
+/*
+ * 
+ * 
+ * 	static {
+		canonicalWriteDateFormat = 
+			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
+		new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S'Z'"); // writing ns doesn't format leading 0's correctly 
+		canonicalWriteDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+		canonicalReadDateFormat = 
+			new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
+			// new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S'Z'");
+		canonicalReadDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
+	}
+ * 
+ */
+	
+var DataUtils = require('./DataUtils').DataUtils;
+	
+ 	var /*DateFormat*/ canonicalWriteDateFormat = null;
+	var /* DateFormat*/ canonicalReadDateFormat = null;
+    var /*String*/ PAD_STRING = "000000000";
+	var /*int*/ NANO_LENGTH = 9;
+
+var TextXMLCodec =  function TextXMLCodec(){
+
+	this.CCN_NAMESPACE = "http://www.parc.com/ccn"; // String
+	this.CCN_PREFIX = "ccn";	// String
+	this.CODEC_NAME = "Text";// String
+	this.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE = "ccnbencoding";// String
+	this.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE = "base64Binary";// String
+
+
+};
+
+//returns a string
+
+TextXMLCodec.protpotype.codecName = function() { return this.CODEC_NAME; }	;
+
+//returns a string
+TextXMLCodec.protottype.encodeBinaryElement = function(/*byte []*/ element) {
+		if ((null == element) || (0 == element.length)) 
+			return new String("");
+		return new String(DataUtils.base64Encode(element));
+	};
+	
+/* returns a string */
+TextXMLCodec.prototype.encodeBinaryElement = function(/*byte []*/ element, /*int*/ offset, /*int*/ length) {
+		if ((null == element) || (0 == element.length)) 
+			return new String("");
+		ByteBuffer bbuf = ByteBuffer.wrap(element, offset, length);
+		return new String(DataUtils.base64Encode(bbuf.array()));
+	};
+
+/*returns a byte array*/
+TextXMLCodec.prototype.decodeBinaryElement = function(/*String*/ element) {
+		if ((null == element) || (0 == element.length()))
+			return new byte[0];
+		return DataUtils.base64Decode(element.getBytes());
+	}; 
+
+	
+/*
+	Decode Data
+*/
+	
+
+/*
+	Encode Date
+*/ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/latest/encoding/TextXMLDecoder.js b/latest/encoding/TextXMLDecoder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32ac1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/TextXMLDecoder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+
+
+var TextXMLDecoder = function TextXMLDecoder(){
+
+	this.reader = null;
+	
+};
+
+
+exports.TextXMLDecoder = TextXMLDecoder;
+
+
+exports.prototype.initializeDecoding = function(){
+	try {
+		XmlPullParserFactory factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance();
+        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+		_reader = factory.newPullParser();
+		_reader.setInput(_istream, null);
+	} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	}		
+};
+
+exports.prototype.readStartDocument = function(){
+	try {
+		int event = _reader.getEventType();
+		_reader.next();
+		if (event != XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected start document, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+		}
+	} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	}
+};
+
+public void readEndDocument() throws ContentDecodingException {
+	int event;
+	try {
+		event = _reader.getEventType();
+	} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	}
+	if (event != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected end document, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+	}
+};
+
+exports.prototype.readStartElement = function(/*String*/ startTag,
+							TreeMap<String, String> attributes) throws ContentDecodingException {
+
+	int event = readToNextTag(XmlPullParser.START_TAG);
+	if (event != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected start element, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+	}
+	// Use getLocalPart to strip namespaces.
+	// Assumes we are working with a global default namespace of CCN.
+	if (!startTag.equals(_reader.getName())) {
+		// Coming back with namespace decoration doesn't match
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + _reader.getName());
+	}	
+	if (null != attributes) {
+		// we might be expecting attributes
+		for (int i=0; i < _reader.getAttributeCount(); ++i) {
+			// may need fancier namespace handling.
+			attributes.put(_reader.getAttributeName(i), _reader.getAttributeValue(i));
+		}
+	}
+	try {
+		_reader.next();
+	} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+	}
+}
+
+	public void readStartElement(long startTagLong,
+			TreeMap<String, String> attributes) throws ContentDecodingException {
+		
+		String startTag = tagToString(startTagLong);
+
+		int event = readToNextTag(XmlPullParser.START_TAG);
+		if (event != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected start element, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+		}
+		// Use getLocalPart to strip namespaces.
+		// Assumes we are working with a global default namespace of CCN.
+		if (!startTag.equals(_reader.getName())) {
+			// Coming back with namespace decoration doesn't match
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + _reader.getName());
+		}	
+		if (null != attributes) {
+			// we might be expecting attributes
+			for (int i=0; i < _reader.getAttributeCount(); ++i) {
+				// may need fancier namespace handling.
+				attributes.put(_reader.getAttributeName(i), _reader.getAttributeValue(i));
+			}
+		}
+		try {
+			_reader.next();
+		} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+	public String peekStartElementAsString() throws ContentDecodingException {
+		int event = readToNextTag(XmlPullParser.START_TAG);
+		if (event != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return _reader.getName();
+	}
+	
+	public Long peekStartElementAsLong() throws ContentDecodingException {
+		String strTag = peekStartElementAsString();
+		if (null == strTag) {
+			return null; // e.g. hit an end tag...
+		}
+		return stringToTag(strTag);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Helper method to decode text (UTF-8) and binary elements. Consumes the end element,
+	 * behavior which other decoders are forced to match.
+	 * @return the read data, as a String
+	 * @throws ContentDecodingException if there is a problem decoding the data
+	 */
+	public String readUString() throws ContentDecodingException {
+		StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+		try {
+			int event = _reader.getEventType();;
+			// Handles empty text element.
+			while (event == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
+				buf.append(_reader.getText());
+				event = _reader.next();
+			}
+			if (event == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("readElementText expects start element to have been previously consumed, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+			} else if (event != XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected end of text element, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+			}
+			readEndElement();
+			return buf.toString();
+		} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void readEndElement() throws ContentDecodingException {
+		int event = readToNextTag(XmlPullParser.END_TAG);
+		if (event != XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected end element, got: " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[event]);
+		}
+		try {
+			_reader.next();
+		} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a BLOB. Consumes the end element, so force other versions
+	 * to match.
+	 */
+	public byte [] readBlob() throws ContentDecodingException {
+		try {
+			String strElementText = readUString();
+			// readEndElement(); // readElementText consumes end element
+			return TextXMLCodec.decodeBinaryElement(strElementText);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(),e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public CCNTime readDateTime(String startTag) throws ContentDecodingException {
+		String strTimestamp = readUTF8Element(startTag);
+		CCNTime timestamp;
+		try {
+			timestamp = TextXMLCodec.parseDateTime(strTimestamp);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			timestamp = null;
+		}
+		if (null == timestamp) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + strTimestamp);
+		}		
+		return timestamp;
+	}
+
+	public CCNTime readDateTime(long startTag) throws ContentDecodingException {
+		String strTimestamp = readUTF8Element(startTag);
+		CCNTime timestamp;
+		try {
+			timestamp = TextXMLCodec.parseDateTime(strTimestamp);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			timestamp = null;
+		}
+		if (null == timestamp) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + strTimestamp);
+		}		
+		return timestamp;
+	}
+
+	private int readToNextTag(int type) throws ContentDecodingException {
+		int event;
+		try {
+			event = _reader.getEventType();
+			if (event == type)
+				return event;
+			if (event == XmlPullParser.TEXT || event == XmlPullParser.COMMENT)
+				event = _reader.next();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		} catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+		return event;
+	}
+};
diff --git a/latest/encoding/TextXMLEncoder.js b/latest/encoding/TextXMLEncoder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29291ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/TextXMLEncoder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+var Stream = require('stream').Stream;
+var TextXMLCodec = require('TextXMLCodec').TextXMLCodec;
+
+
+
+
+var TextXMLEncoder  = function TextXMLEncoder(){
+
+
+	this.ostream = new String();
+};
+
+exports.TextXMLEncoder = TextXMLEncoder;
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.beginEncoding = function(/*OutputStream*/ ostream){
+		if (null == ostream)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("TextXMLEncoder: output stream cannot be null!");
+		
+		
+		/*Start by encoing the begining*/
+		//this.IStream = ostream;
+		this.ostream.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>');
+};
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.endEncoding =function() {
+	this.IStream.end();
+}
+
+//TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeStartElement = function(/*long*/ tag, /*TreeMap<String, String>*/ attributes){
+	/*	String strTag = tagToString(tag);
+		if (null == strTag) {
+			strTag = XMLDictionaryStack.unknownTagMarker(tag);
+		}
+		writeStartElement(strTag, attributes);
+};*/
+
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prorotype.writeStartElement(/*String*/ tag, /*TreeMap<String, String>*/ attributes) {
+		
+	
+		this.ostream.write('<'+tab);
+
+		if (null != attributes) {
+			
+			for(var i=0; i<attributes.length;i++){
+				this.ostream.write(' '+attributes[i].key +'='+attributes[i].value);
+			}
+		
+			// keySet of a TreeMap is ordered
+		}
+		this.ostream.write('>');
+};
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeUString = function(/*String*/ utf8Content) {
+
+		this.ostream.write(utf8Content);
+
+};
+
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeBlob =  function(/*byte []*/ binaryContent, /*int*/ offset, /*int*/ length) {
+
+		this.ostream.write(TextXMLCodec.encodeBinaryElement(binaryContent, offset, length));
+
+};
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeElement = function(/*String*/ tag, /*byte[]*/ binaryContent,
+			/*TreeMap<String, String>*/ attributes)  {
+		
+		/*if (null == attributes) {
+		
+			attributes = new TreeMap<String,String>();
+		}*/
+		if (!attributes.containsKey(TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE)) {
+			attributes.put(TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE, TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE);
+		}
+		super.writeElement(tag, binaryContent, attributes);
+}
+
+//TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeElement = function(/*String*/ tag, /*byte[]*/ binaryContent, /*int*/ offset, int length,
+	/*		TreeMap<String, String> attributes) throws ContentEncodingException {
+		if (null == attributes) {
+			attributes = new TreeMap<String,String>();
+		}
+		if (!attributes.containsKey(TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE)) {
+			attributes.put(TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE, TextXMLCodec.BINARY_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE);
+		}
+		super.writeElement(tag, binaryContent, offset, length, attributes);
+	}*/
+
+/*	public void writeDateTime(String tag, CCNTime dateTime) throws ContentEncodingException {
+		writeElement(tag, TextXMLCodec.formatDateTime(dateTime));
+	}
+
+	public void writeDateTime(long tag, CCNTime dateTime) throws ContentEncodingException {
+		writeElement(tag, TextXMLCodec.formatDateTime(dateTime));
+	}*/
+
+TextXMLEncoder.prototype.writeEndElement(tag) {
+
+		this.ostream.write('<'+tab+'>');
+
+	};
+
+	
+//returns number long
+stringToTag = function(/*String*/ tagName) {
+
+	if (null == tagName) {
+		return null;
+	}
+	Long tagVal = null;
+	if (null != _dictionaryStack) {
+		for (/*XMLDictionary*/ dictionary in _dictionaryStack) {
+			tagVal = dictionary.stringToTag(tagName);
+			if (null != tagVal) {
+				return tagVal;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*for (XMLDictionary dictionary : XMLDictionaryStack.getGlobalDictionaries()) {
+		tagVal = dictionary.stringToTag(tagName);
+		if (null != tagVal) {
+			return tagVal;
+		}
+	}*/
+
+	if (XMLDictionaryStack.isUnknownTag(tagName)) {
+		return XMLDictionaryStack.decodeUnknownTag(tagName);
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+	
diff --git a/latest/encoding/dom-js.js b/latest/encoding/dom-js.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cabaec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/dom-js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+var sax = require("./sax");
+var strict = true;
+
+/**
+ * Really simple XML DOM implementation based on sax that works with Strings.
+ * 
+ * If you have an XML string and want a DOM this utility is convenient.
+ * 
+ * var domjs = new DomJS();
+ * domjs.parse(xmlString, function(err, dom) {
+ * 	
+ * });
+ * 
+ * If you want to compile C there are versions based on libxml2
+ * and jsdom is full featured but complicated.
+ * 
+ * This is "lightweight" meaning really simple and serves my purpose, it does not support namespaces or all
+ * of the features of XML 1.0  it just takes a string and returns a JavaScript object graph. 
+ * 
+ * There are only three types of object supported Element, Text and Comment.
+ * 
+ * e.g.
+ * 
+ * take  <xml><elem att="val1"/><elem att="val1"/><elem att="val1"/></xml>
+ * 
+ * return 	{ name : "xml",
+ * 			  attributes : {}
+ * 			  children [
+ * 				{ name : "elem", attributes : {att:'val1'}, children [] },
+ * 				{ name : "elem", attributes : {att:'val1'}, children [] },
+ * 				{ name : "elem", attributes : {att:'val1'}, children [] }
+ * 			  ]
+ * 			}
+ * 
+ * The object returned can be serialized back out with obj.toXml();
+ * 
+ * 
+ * @constructor DomJS
+ */
+DomJS = function() {
+	this.root = null;
+	this.stack = new Array();
+	this.currElement = null;
+	this.error = false;
+};
+
+DomJS.prototype.parse = function(string, cb) {
+	if (typeof string != 'string') {
+		cb(true, 'Data is not a string');
+		return;
+	}
+	var self = this;
+	parser = sax.parser(strict);
+
+	parser.onerror = function (err) {
+		self.error = true;
+		cb(true, err);
+	};
+	parser.ontext = function (text) {
+		if (self.currElement == null) {
+			// console.log("Content in the prolog " + text);
+			return;
+		}
+		var textNode = new Text(text);
+		self.currElement.children.push(textNode);
+	};
+	parser.onopencdata = function () {
+		var cdataNode = new CDATASection();
+		self.currElement.children.push(cdataNode);
+	};
+	parser.oncdata = function (data) {
+		var cdataNode = self.currElement.children[self.currElement.children.length - 1];
+		cdataNode.appendData(data);
+	};
+	// do nothing on parser.onclosecdata	
+	parser.onopentag = function (node) {
+		var elem = new Element(node.name, node.attributes);
+		if (self.root == null) {
+			self.root = elem;
+		}
+		if (self.currElement != null) {
+			self.currElement.children.push(elem);
+		}
+		self.currElement = elem;
+		self.stack.push(self.currElement);
+	};
+	parser.onclosetag = function (node) {
+		self.stack.pop();
+		self.currElement = self.stack[self.stack.length - 1 ];// self.stack.peek(); 
+	};
+	parser.oncomment = function (comment) {
+		if (self.currElement == null) {
+			//console.log("Comments in the prolog discarded " + comment);
+			return;
+		}		
+		var commentNode = new Comment(comment);
+		self.currElement.children.push(commentNode);
+	};
+
+	parser.onend = function () {
+		if ( self.error == false) {
+			cb(false, self.root);
+		}
+	};
+
+	parser.write(string).close();	
+};
+
+DomJS.prototype.reset = function() {
+	this.root = null;
+	this.stack = new Array();
+	this.currElement = null;
+	this.error = false;	
+};
+
+var escape = function(string) {
+	return string.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&apos;');
+};
+
+
+Element = function(name, attributes, children ) {
+	this.name = name;
+	this.attributes = attributes || [];
+	this.children = children || [];
+}
+Element.prototype.toXml = function(sb) {
+	if (typeof sb == 'undefined') {
+		sb = {buf:''}; // Strings are pass by value in JS it seems
+	}
+	sb.buf += '<' + this.name;
+	for (att in this.attributes) {
+
+		sb.buf += ' ' + att + '="' + escape(this.attributes[att]) + '"';
+	}
+	if (this.children.length != 0) {
+		sb.buf += '>';
+		for (var i = 0 ; i < this.children.length ; i++) {
+			this.children[i].toXml(sb);
+		}
+		sb.buf += '</' + this.name + '>';
+	}
+	else {
+		sb.buf += '/>';
+	}
+	return sb.buf;
+};
+Element.prototype.firstChild = function() {
+	if ( this.children.length > 0) {
+		return this.children[0];	
+	}
+	return null;
+};	
+Element.prototype.text = function() {
+	if ( this.children.length > 0) {
+		if (typeof this.children[0].text == 'string') {
+			return this.children[0].text;
+		};	
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+Text = function(data){
+	this.text = data;
+};
+Text.prototype.toXml = function(sb) {
+	sb.buf += escape(this.text);
+};
+
+Comment = function(comment) {
+	this.comment = comment;
+};
+Comment.prototype.toXml = function(sb) {
+	sb.buf += '<!--' + this.comment + '-->';
+};
+
+CDATASection = function(data){
+	this.text = data || '';
+};
+CDATASection.prototype.toXml = function(sb) {
+	sb.buf += '<![CDATA[' + this.text + ']]>';
+};
+CDATASection.prototype.appendData = function(data) {
+	this.text += data;
+};
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/latest/encoding/sax.js b/latest/encoding/sax.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f982712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/sax.js
@@ -0,0 +1,1005 @@
+// wrapper for non-node envs
+;(function (sax) {
+
+sax.parser = function (strict, opt) { return new SAXParser(strict, opt) }
+sax.SAXParser = SAXParser
+sax.SAXStream = SAXStream
+sax.createStream = createStream
+
+// When we pass the MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH position, start checking for buffer overruns.
+// When we check, schedule the next check for MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH - (max(buffer lengths)),
+// since that's the earliest that a buffer overrun could occur.  This way, checks are
+// as rare as required, but as often as necessary to ensure never crossing this bound.
+// Furthermore, buffers are only tested at most once per write(), so passing a very
+// large string into write() might have undesirable effects, but this is manageable by
+// the caller, so it is assumed to be safe.  Thus, a call to write() may, in the extreme
+// edge case, result in creating at most one complete copy of the string passed in.
+// Set to Infinity to have unlimited buffers.
+sax.MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH = 64 * 1024
+
+var buffers = [
+  "comment", "sgmlDecl", "textNode", "tagName", "doctype",
+  "procInstName", "procInstBody", "entity", "attribName",
+  "attribValue", "cdata", "script"
+]
+
+sax.EVENTS = // for discoverability.
+  [ "text"
+  , "processinginstruction"
+  , "sgmldeclaration"
+  , "doctype"
+  , "comment"
+  , "attribute"
+  , "opentag"
+  , "closetag"
+  , "opencdata"
+  , "cdata"
+  , "closecdata"
+  , "error"
+  , "end"
+  , "ready"
+  , "script"
+  , "opennamespace"
+  , "closenamespace"
+  ]
+
+function SAXParser (strict, opt) {
+  if (!(this instanceof SAXParser)) return new SAXParser(strict, opt)
+
+  var parser = this
+  clearBuffers(parser)
+  parser.q = parser.c = ""
+  parser.bufferCheckPosition = sax.MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH
+  parser.opt = opt || {}
+  parser.tagCase = parser.opt.lowercasetags ? "toLowerCase" : "toUpperCase"
+  parser.tags = []
+  parser.closed = parser.closedRoot = parser.sawRoot = false
+  parser.tag = parser.error = null
+  parser.strict = !!strict
+  parser.noscript = !!(strict || parser.opt.noscript)
+  parser.state = S.BEGIN
+  parser.ENTITIES = Object.create(sax.ENTITIES)
+  parser.attribList = []
+
+  // namespaces form a prototype chain.
+  // it always points at the current tag,
+  // which protos to its parent tag.
+  if (parser.opt.xmlns) parser.ns = Object.create(rootNS)
+
+  // mostly just for error reporting
+  parser.position = parser.line = parser.column = 0
+  emit(parser, "onready")
+}
+
+if (!Object.create) Object.create = function (o) {
+  function f () { this.__proto__ = o }
+  f.prototype = o
+  return new f
+}
+
+if (!Object.getPrototypeOf) Object.getPrototypeOf = function (o) {
+  return o.__proto__
+}
+
+if (!Object.keys) Object.keys = function (o) {
+  var a = []
+  for (var i in o) if (o.hasOwnProperty(i)) a.push(i)
+  return a
+}
+
+function checkBufferLength (parser) {
+  var maxAllowed = Math.max(sax.MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH, 10)
+    , maxActual = 0
+  for (var i = 0, l = buffers.length; i < l; i ++) {
+    var len = parser[buffers[i]].length
+    if (len > maxAllowed) {
+      // Text/cdata nodes can get big, and since they're buffered,
+      // we can get here under normal conditions.
+      // Avoid issues by emitting the text node now,
+      // so at least it won't get any bigger.
+      switch (buffers[i]) {
+        case "textNode":
+          closeText(parser)
+        break
+
+        case "cdata":
+          emitNode(parser, "oncdata", parser.cdata)
+          parser.cdata = ""
+        break
+
+        case "script":
+          emitNode(parser, "onscript", parser.script)
+          parser.script = ""
+        break
+
+        default:
+          error(parser, "Max buffer length exceeded: "+buffers[i])
+      }
+    }
+    maxActual = Math.max(maxActual, len)
+  }
+  // schedule the next check for the earliest possible buffer overrun.
+  parser.bufferCheckPosition = (sax.MAX_BUFFER_LENGTH - maxActual)
+                             + parser.position
+}
+
+function clearBuffers (parser) {
+  for (var i = 0, l = buffers.length; i < l; i ++) {
+    parser[buffers[i]] = ""
+  }
+}
+
+SAXParser.prototype =
+  { end: function () { end(this) }
+  , write: write
+  , resume: function () { this.error = null; return this }
+  , close: function () { return this.write(null) }
+  }
+
+try {
+  var Stream = require("stream").Stream
+} catch (ex) {
+  var Stream = function () {}
+}
+
+
+var streamWraps = sax.EVENTS.filter(function (ev) {
+  return ev !== "error" && ev !== "end"
+})
+
+function createStream (strict, opt) {
+  return new SAXStream(strict, opt)
+}
+
+function SAXStream (strict, opt) {
+  if (!(this instanceof SAXStream)) return new SAXStream(strict, opt)
+
+  Stream.apply(me)
+
+  this._parser = new SAXParser(strict, opt)
+  this.writable = true
+  this.readable = true
+
+
+  var me = this
+
+  this._parser.onend = function () {
+    me.emit("end")
+  }
+
+  this._parser.onerror = function (er) {
+    me.emit("error", er)
+
+    // if didn't throw, then means error was handled.
+    // go ahead and clear error, so we can write again.
+    me._parser.error = null
+  }
+
+  streamWraps.forEach(function (ev) {
+    Object.defineProperty(me, "on" + ev, {
+      get: function () { return me._parser["on" + ev] },
+      set: function (h) {
+        if (!h) {
+          me.removeAllListeners(ev)
+          return me._parser["on"+ev] = h
+        }
+        me.on(ev, h)
+      },
+      enumerable: true,
+      configurable: false
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+SAXStream.prototype = Object.create(Stream.prototype,
+  { constructor: { value: SAXStream } })
+
+SAXStream.prototype.write = function (data) {
+  this._parser.write(data.toString())
+  this.emit("data", data)
+  return true
+}
+
+SAXStream.prototype.end = function (chunk) {
+  if (chunk && chunk.length) this._parser.write(chunk.toString())
+  this._parser.end()
+  return true
+}
+
+SAXStream.prototype.on = function (ev, handler) {
+  var me = this
+  if (!me._parser["on"+ev] && streamWraps.indexOf(ev) !== -1) {
+    me._parser["on"+ev] = function () {
+      var args = arguments.length === 1 ? [arguments[0]]
+               : Array.apply(null, arguments)
+      args.splice(0, 0, ev)
+      me.emit.apply(me, args)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return Stream.prototype.on.call(me, ev, handler)
+}
+
+
+
+// character classes and tokens
+var whitespace = "\r\n\t "
+  // this really needs to be replaced with character classes.
+  // XML allows all manner of ridiculous numbers and digits.
+  , number = "0124356789"
+  , letter = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+  // (Letter | "_" | ":")
+  , nameStart = letter+"_:"
+  , nameBody = nameStart+number+"-."
+  , quote = "'\""
+  , entity = number+letter+"#"
+  , attribEnd = whitespace + ">"
+  , CDATA = "[CDATA["
+  , DOCTYPE = "DOCTYPE"
+  , XML_NAMESPACE = "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+  , XMLNS_NAMESPACE = "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"
+  , rootNS = { xml: XML_NAMESPACE, xmlns: XMLNS_NAMESPACE }
+
+// turn all the string character sets into character class objects.
+whitespace = charClass(whitespace)
+number = charClass(number)
+letter = charClass(letter)
+nameStart = charClass(nameStart)
+nameBody = charClass(nameBody)
+quote = charClass(quote)
+entity = charClass(entity)
+attribEnd = charClass(attribEnd)
+
+function charClass (str) {
+  return str.split("").reduce(function (s, c) {
+    s[c] = true
+    return s
+  }, {})
+}
+
+function is (charclass, c) {
+  return charclass[c]
+}
+
+function not (charclass, c) {
+  return !charclass[c]
+}
+
+var S = 0
+sax.STATE =
+{ BEGIN                     : S++
+, TEXT                      : S++ // general stuff
+, TEXT_ENTITY               : S++ // &amp and such.
+, OPEN_WAKA                 : S++ // <
+, SGML_DECL                 : S++ // <!BLARG
+, SGML_DECL_QUOTED          : S++ // <!BLARG foo "bar
+, DOCTYPE                   : S++ // <!DOCTYPE
+, DOCTYPE_QUOTED            : S++ // <!DOCTYPE "//blah
+, DOCTYPE_DTD               : S++ // <!DOCTYPE "//blah" [ ...
+, DOCTYPE_DTD_QUOTED        : S++ // <!DOCTYPE "//blah" [ "foo
+, COMMENT_STARTING          : S++ // <!-
+, COMMENT                   : S++ // <!--
+, COMMENT_ENDING            : S++ // <!-- blah -
+, COMMENT_ENDED             : S++ // <!-- blah --
+, CDATA                     : S++ // <![CDATA[ something
+, CDATA_ENDING              : S++ // ]
+, CDATA_ENDING_2            : S++ // ]]
+, PROC_INST                 : S++ // <?hi
+, PROC_INST_BODY            : S++ // <?hi there
+, PROC_INST_QUOTED          : S++ // <?hi "there
+, PROC_INST_ENDING          : S++ // <?hi "there" ?
+, OPEN_TAG                  : S++ // <strong
+, OPEN_TAG_SLASH            : S++ // <strong /
+, ATTRIB                    : S++ // <a
+, ATTRIB_NAME               : S++ // <a foo
+, ATTRIB_NAME_SAW_WHITE     : S++ // <a foo _
+, ATTRIB_VALUE              : S++ // <a foo=
+, ATTRIB_VALUE_QUOTED       : S++ // <a foo="bar
+, ATTRIB_VALUE_UNQUOTED     : S++ // <a foo=bar
+, ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_Q     : S++ // <foo bar="&quot;"
+, ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_U     : S++ // <foo bar=&quot;
+, CLOSE_TAG                 : S++ // </a
+, CLOSE_TAG_SAW_WHITE       : S++ // </a   >
+, SCRIPT                    : S++ // <script> ...
+, SCRIPT_ENDING             : S++ // <script> ... <
+}
+
+sax.ENTITIES =
+{ "apos" : "'"
+, "quot" : "\""
+, "amp"  : "&"
+, "gt"   : ">"
+, "lt"   : "<"
+}
+
+for (var S in sax.STATE) sax.STATE[sax.STATE[S]] = S
+
+// shorthand
+S = sax.STATE
+
+function emit (parser, event, data) {
+  parser[event] && parser[event](data)
+}
+
+function emitNode (parser, nodeType, data) {
+  if (parser.textNode) closeText(parser)
+  emit(parser, nodeType, data)
+}
+
+function closeText (parser) {
+  parser.textNode = textopts(parser.opt, parser.textNode)
+  if (parser.textNode) emit(parser, "ontext", parser.textNode)
+  parser.textNode = ""
+}
+
+function textopts (opt, text) {
+  if (opt.trim) text = text.trim()
+  if (opt.normalize) text = text.replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+  return text
+}
+
+function error (parser, er) {
+  closeText(parser)
+  er += "\nLine: "+parser.line+
+        "\nColumn: "+parser.column+
+        "\nChar: "+parser.c
+  er = new Error(er)
+  parser.error = er
+  emit(parser, "onerror", er)
+  return parser
+}
+
+function end (parser) {
+  if (parser.state !== S.TEXT) error(parser, "Unexpected end")
+  closeText(parser)
+  parser.c = ""
+  parser.closed = true
+  emit(parser, "onend")
+  SAXParser.call(parser, parser.strict, parser.opt)
+  return parser
+}
+
+function strictFail (parser, message) {
+  if (parser.strict) error(parser, message)
+}
+
+function newTag (parser) {
+  if (!parser.strict) parser.tagName = parser.tagName[parser.tagCase]()
+  var parent = parser.tags[parser.tags.length - 1] || parser
+    , tag = parser.tag = { name : parser.tagName, attributes : {} }
+
+  // will be overridden if tag contails an xmlns="foo" or xmlns:foo="bar"
+  if (parser.opt.xmlns) tag.ns = parent.ns
+  parser.attribList.length = 0
+}
+
+function qname (name) {
+  var i = name.indexOf(":")
+    , qualName = i < 0 ? [ "", name ] : name.split(":")
+    , prefix = qualName[0]
+    , local = qualName[1]
+
+  // <x "xmlns"="http://foo">
+  if (name === "xmlns") {
+    prefix = "xmlns"
+    local = ""
+  }
+
+  return { prefix: prefix, local: local }
+}
+
+function attrib (parser) {
+  if (parser.opt.xmlns) {
+    var qn = qname(parser.attribName)
+      , prefix = qn.prefix
+      , local = qn.local
+
+    if (prefix === "xmlns") {
+      // namespace binding attribute; push the binding into scope
+      if (local === "xml" && parser.attribValue !== XML_NAMESPACE) {
+        strictFail( parser
+                  , "xml: prefix must be bound to " + XML_NAMESPACE + "\n"
+                  + "Actual: " + parser.attribValue )
+      } else if (local === "xmlns" && parser.attribValue !== XMLNS_NAMESPACE) {
+        strictFail( parser
+                  , "xmlns: prefix must be bound to " + XMLNS_NAMESPACE + "\n"
+                  + "Actual: " + parser.attribValue )
+      } else {
+        var tag = parser.tag
+          , parent = parser.tags[parser.tags.length - 1] || parser
+        if (tag.ns === parent.ns) {
+          tag.ns = Object.create(parent.ns)
+        }
+        tag.ns[local] = parser.attribValue
+      }
+    }
+
+    // defer onattribute events until all attributes have been seen
+    // so any new bindings can take effect; preserve attribute order
+    // so deferred events can be emitted in document order
+    parser.attribList.push([parser.attribName, parser.attribValue])
+  } else {
+    // in non-xmlns mode, we can emit the event right away
+    parser.tag.attributes[parser.attribName] = parser.attribValue
+    emitNode( parser
+            , "onattribute"
+            , { name: parser.attribName
+              , value: parser.attribValue } )
+  }
+
+  parser.attribName = parser.attribValue = ""
+}
+
+function openTag (parser, selfClosing) {
+  if (parser.opt.xmlns) {
+    // emit namespace binding events
+    var tag = parser.tag
+
+    // add namespace info to tag
+    var qn = qname(parser.tagName)
+    tag.prefix = qn.prefix
+    tag.local = qn.local
+    tag.uri = tag.ns[qn.prefix] || qn.prefix
+
+    if (tag.prefix && !tag.uri) {
+      strictFail(parser, "Unbound namespace prefix: "
+                       + JSON.stringify(parser.tagName))
+    }
+
+    var parent = parser.tags[parser.tags.length - 1] || parser
+    if (tag.ns && parent.ns !== tag.ns) {
+      Object.keys(tag.ns).forEach(function (p) {
+        emitNode( parser
+                , "onopennamespace"
+                , { prefix: p , uri: tag.ns[p] } )
+      })
+    }
+
+    // handle deferred onattribute events
+    for (var i = 0, l = parser.attribList.length; i < l; i ++) {
+      var nv = parser.attribList[i]
+      var name = nv[0]
+        , value = nv[1]
+        , qualName = qname(name)
+        , prefix = qualName.prefix
+        , local = qualName.local
+        , uri = tag.ns[prefix] || ""
+        , a = { name: name
+              , value: value
+              , prefix: prefix
+              , local: local
+              , uri: uri
+              }
+
+      // if there's any attributes with an undefined namespace,
+      // then fail on them now.
+      if (prefix && prefix != "xmlns" && !uri) {
+        strictFail(parser, "Unbound namespace prefix: "
+                         + JSON.stringify(prefix))
+        a.uri = prefix
+      }
+      parser.tag.attributes[name] = a
+      emitNode(parser, "onattribute", a)
+    }
+    parser.attribList.length = 0
+  }
+
+  // process the tag
+  parser.sawRoot = true
+  parser.tags.push(parser.tag)
+  emitNode(parser, "onopentag", parser.tag)
+  if (!selfClosing) {
+    // special case for <script> in non-strict mode.
+    if (!parser.noscript && parser.tagName.toLowerCase() === "script") {
+      parser.state = S.SCRIPT
+    } else {
+      parser.state = S.TEXT
+    }
+    parser.tag = null
+    parser.tagName = ""
+  }
+  parser.attribName = parser.attribValue = ""
+  parser.attribList.length = 0
+}
+
+function closeTag (parser) {
+  if (!parser.tagName) {
+    strictFail(parser, "Weird empty close tag.")
+    parser.textNode += "</>"
+    parser.state = S.TEXT
+    return
+  }
+  // first make sure that the closing tag actually exists.
+  // <a><b></c></b></a> will close everything, otherwise.
+  var t = parser.tags.length
+  var tagName = parser.tagName
+  if (!parser.strict) tagName = tagName[parser.tagCase]()
+  var closeTo = tagName
+  while (t --) {
+    var close = parser.tags[t]
+    if (close.name !== closeTo) {
+      // fail the first time in strict mode
+      strictFail(parser, "Unexpected close tag")
+    } else break
+  }
+
+  // didn't find it.  we already failed for strict, so just abort.
+  if (t < 0) {
+    strictFail(parser, "Unmatched closing tag: "+parser.tagName)
+    parser.textNode += "</" + parser.tagName + ">"
+    parser.state = S.TEXT
+    return
+  }
+  parser.tagName = tagName
+  var s = parser.tags.length
+  while (s --> t) {
+    var tag = parser.tag = parser.tags.pop()
+    parser.tagName = parser.tag.name
+    emitNode(parser, "onclosetag", parser.tagName)
+
+    var x = {}
+    for (var i in tag.ns) x[i] = tag.ns[i]
+
+    var parent = parser.tags[parser.tags.length - 1] || parser
+    if (parser.opt.xmlns && tag.ns !== parent.ns) {
+      // remove namespace bindings introduced by tag
+      Object.keys(tag.ns).forEach(function (p) {
+        var n = tag.ns[p]
+        emitNode(parser, "onclosenamespace", { prefix: p, uri: n })
+      })
+    }
+  }
+  if (t === 0) parser.closedRoot = true
+  parser.tagName = parser.attribValue = parser.attribName = ""
+  parser.attribList.length = 0
+  parser.state = S.TEXT
+}
+
+function parseEntity (parser) {
+  var entity = parser.entity.toLowerCase()
+    , num
+    , numStr = ""
+  if (parser.ENTITIES[entity]) return parser.ENTITIES[entity]
+  if (entity.charAt(0) === "#") {
+    if (entity.charAt(1) === "x") {
+      entity = entity.slice(2)
+      num = parseInt(entity, 16)
+      numStr = num.toString(16)
+    } else {
+      entity = entity.slice(1)
+      num = parseInt(entity, 10)
+      numStr = num.toString(10)
+    }
+  }
+  entity = entity.replace(/^0+/, "")
+  if (numStr.toLowerCase() !== entity) {
+    strictFail(parser, "Invalid character entity")
+    return "&"+parser.entity + ";"
+  }
+  return String.fromCharCode(num)
+}
+
+function write (chunk) {
+  var parser = this
+  if (this.error) throw this.error
+  if (parser.closed) return error(parser,
+    "Cannot write after close. Assign an onready handler.")
+  if (chunk === null) return end(parser)
+  var i = 0, c = ""
+  while (parser.c = c = chunk.charAt(i++)) {
+    parser.position ++
+    if (c === "\n") {
+      parser.line ++
+      parser.column = 0
+    } else parser.column ++
+    switch (parser.state) {
+
+      case S.BEGIN:
+        if (c === "<") parser.state = S.OPEN_WAKA
+        else if (not(whitespace,c)) {
+          // have to process this as a text node.
+          // weird, but happens.
+          strictFail(parser, "Non-whitespace before first tag.")
+          parser.textNode = c
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.TEXT:
+        if (parser.sawRoot && !parser.closedRoot) {
+          var starti = i-1
+          while (c && c!=="<" && c!=="&") {
+            c = chunk.charAt(i++)
+            if (c) {
+              parser.position ++
+              if (c === "\n") {
+                parser.line ++
+                parser.column = 0
+              } else parser.column ++
+            }
+          }
+          parser.textNode += chunk.substring(starti, i-1)
+        }
+        if (c === "<") parser.state = S.OPEN_WAKA
+        else {
+          if (not(whitespace, c) && (!parser.sawRoot || parser.closedRoot))
+            strictFail("Text data outside of root node.")
+          if (c === "&") parser.state = S.TEXT_ENTITY
+          else parser.textNode += c
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.SCRIPT:
+        // only non-strict
+        if (c === "<") {
+          parser.state = S.SCRIPT_ENDING
+        } else parser.script += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.SCRIPT_ENDING:
+        if (c === "/") {
+          emitNode(parser, "onscript", parser.script)
+          parser.state = S.CLOSE_TAG
+          parser.script = ""
+          parser.tagName = ""
+        } else {
+          parser.script += "<" + c
+          parser.state = S.SCRIPT
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.OPEN_WAKA:
+        // either a /, ?, !, or text is coming next.
+        if (c === "!") {
+          parser.state = S.SGML_DECL
+          parser.sgmlDecl = ""
+        } else if (is(whitespace, c)) {
+          // wait for it...
+        } else if (is(nameStart,c)) {
+          parser.startTagPosition = parser.position - 1
+          parser.state = S.OPEN_TAG
+          parser.tagName = c
+        } else if (c === "/") {
+          parser.startTagPosition = parser.position - 1
+          parser.state = S.CLOSE_TAG
+          parser.tagName = ""
+        } else if (c === "?") {
+          parser.state = S.PROC_INST
+          parser.procInstName = parser.procInstBody = ""
+        } else {
+          strictFail(parser, "Unencoded <")
+          parser.textNode += "<" + c
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.SGML_DECL:
+        if ((parser.sgmlDecl+c).toUpperCase() === CDATA) {
+          emitNode(parser, "onopencdata")
+          parser.state = S.CDATA
+          parser.sgmlDecl = ""
+          parser.cdata = ""
+        } else if (parser.sgmlDecl+c === "--") {
+          parser.state = S.COMMENT
+          parser.comment = ""
+          parser.sgmlDecl = ""
+        } else if ((parser.sgmlDecl+c).toUpperCase() === DOCTYPE) {
+          parser.state = S.DOCTYPE
+          if (parser.doctype || parser.sawRoot) strictFail(parser,
+            "Inappropriately located doctype declaration")
+          parser.doctype = ""
+          parser.sgmlDecl = ""
+        } else if (c === ">") {
+          emitNode(parser, "onsgmldeclaration", parser.sgmlDecl)
+          parser.sgmlDecl = ""
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+        } else if (is(quote, c)) {
+          parser.state = S.SGML_DECL_QUOTED
+          parser.sgmlDecl += c
+        } else parser.sgmlDecl += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.SGML_DECL_QUOTED:
+        if (c === parser.q) {
+          parser.state = S.SGML_DECL
+          parser.q = ""
+        }
+        parser.sgmlDecl += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.DOCTYPE:
+        if (c === ">") {
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+          emitNode(parser, "ondoctype", parser.doctype)
+          parser.doctype = true // just remember that we saw it.
+        } else {
+          parser.doctype += c
+          if (c === "[") parser.state = S.DOCTYPE_DTD
+          else if (is(quote, c)) {
+            parser.state = S.DOCTYPE_QUOTED
+            parser.q = c
+          }
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.DOCTYPE_QUOTED:
+        parser.doctype += c
+        if (c === parser.q) {
+          parser.q = ""
+          parser.state = S.DOCTYPE
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.DOCTYPE_DTD:
+        parser.doctype += c
+        if (c === "]") parser.state = S.DOCTYPE
+        else if (is(quote,c)) {
+          parser.state = S.DOCTYPE_DTD_QUOTED
+          parser.q = c
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.DOCTYPE_DTD_QUOTED:
+        parser.doctype += c
+        if (c === parser.q) {
+          parser.state = S.DOCTYPE_DTD
+          parser.q = ""
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.COMMENT:
+        if (c === "-") parser.state = S.COMMENT_ENDING
+        else parser.comment += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.COMMENT_ENDING:
+        if (c === "-") {
+          parser.state = S.COMMENT_ENDED
+          parser.comment = textopts(parser.opt, parser.comment)
+          if (parser.comment) emitNode(parser, "oncomment", parser.comment)
+          parser.comment = ""
+        } else {
+          parser.comment += "-" + c
+          parser.state = S.COMMENT
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.COMMENT_ENDED:
+        if (c !== ">") {
+          strictFail(parser, "Malformed comment")
+          // allow <!-- blah -- bloo --> in non-strict mode,
+          // which is a comment of " blah -- bloo "
+          parser.comment += "--" + c
+          parser.state = S.COMMENT
+        } else parser.state = S.TEXT
+      continue
+
+      case S.CDATA:
+        if (c === "]") parser.state = S.CDATA_ENDING
+        else parser.cdata += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.CDATA_ENDING:
+        if (c === "]") parser.state = S.CDATA_ENDING_2
+        else {
+          parser.cdata += "]" + c
+          parser.state = S.CDATA
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.CDATA_ENDING_2:
+        if (c === ">") {
+          if (parser.cdata) emitNode(parser, "oncdata", parser.cdata)
+          emitNode(parser, "onclosecdata")
+          parser.cdata = ""
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+        } else if (c === "]") {
+          parser.cdata += "]"
+        } else {
+          parser.cdata += "]]" + c
+          parser.state = S.CDATA
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.PROC_INST:
+        if (c === "?") parser.state = S.PROC_INST_ENDING
+        else if (is(whitespace, c)) parser.state = S.PROC_INST_BODY
+        else parser.procInstName += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.PROC_INST_BODY:
+        if (!parser.procInstBody && is(whitespace, c)) continue
+        else if (c === "?") parser.state = S.PROC_INST_ENDING
+        else if (is(quote, c)) {
+          parser.state = S.PROC_INST_QUOTED
+          parser.q = c
+          parser.procInstBody += c
+        } else parser.procInstBody += c
+      continue
+
+      case S.PROC_INST_ENDING:
+        if (c === ">") {
+          emitNode(parser, "onprocessinginstruction", {
+            name : parser.procInstName,
+            body : parser.procInstBody
+          })
+          parser.procInstName = parser.procInstBody = ""
+          parser.state = S.TEXT
+        } else {
+          parser.procInstBody += "?" + c
+          parser.state = S.PROC_INST_BODY
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.PROC_INST_QUOTED:
+        parser.procInstBody += c
+        if (c === parser.q) {
+          parser.state = S.PROC_INST_BODY
+          parser.q = ""
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.OPEN_TAG:
+        if (is(nameBody, c)) parser.tagName += c
+        else {
+          newTag(parser)
+          if (c === ">") openTag(parser)
+          else if (c === "/") parser.state = S.OPEN_TAG_SLASH
+          else {
+            if (not(whitespace, c)) strictFail(
+              parser, "Invalid character in tag name")
+            parser.state = S.ATTRIB
+          }
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.OPEN_TAG_SLASH:
+        if (c === ">") {
+          openTag(parser, true)
+          closeTag(parser)
+        } else {
+          strictFail(parser, "Forward-slash in opening tag not followed by >")
+          parser.state = S.ATTRIB
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB:
+        // haven't read the attribute name yet.
+        if (is(whitespace, c)) continue
+        else if (c === ">") openTag(parser)
+        else if (c === "/") parser.state = S.OPEN_TAG_SLASH
+        else if (is(nameStart, c)) {
+          parser.attribName = c
+          parser.attribValue = ""
+          parser.state = S.ATTRIB_NAME
+        } else strictFail(parser, "Invalid attribute name")
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB_NAME:
+        if (c === "=") parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE
+        else if (is(whitespace, c)) parser.state = S.ATTRIB_NAME_SAW_WHITE
+        else if (is(nameBody, c)) parser.attribName += c
+        else strictFail(parser, "Invalid attribute name")
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB_NAME_SAW_WHITE:
+        if (c === "=") parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE
+        else if (is(whitespace, c)) continue
+        else {
+          strictFail(parser, "Attribute without value")
+          parser.tag.attributes[parser.attribName] = ""
+          parser.attribValue = ""
+          emitNode(parser, "onattribute",
+                   { name : parser.attribName, value : "" })
+          parser.attribName = ""
+          if (c === ">") openTag(parser)
+          else if (is(nameStart, c)) {
+            parser.attribName = c
+            parser.state = S.ATTRIB_NAME
+          } else {
+            strictFail(parser, "Invalid attribute name")
+            parser.state = S.ATTRIB
+          }
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB_VALUE:
+        if (is(whitespace, c)) continue
+        else if (is(quote, c)) {
+          parser.q = c
+          parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_QUOTED
+        } else {
+          strictFail(parser, "Unquoted attribute value")
+          parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_UNQUOTED
+          parser.attribValue = c
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_QUOTED:
+        if (c !== parser.q) {
+          if (c === "&") parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_Q
+          else parser.attribValue += c
+          continue
+        }
+        attrib(parser)
+        parser.q = ""
+        parser.state = S.ATTRIB
+      continue
+
+      case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_UNQUOTED:
+        if (not(attribEnd,c)) {
+          if (c === "&") parser.state = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_U
+          else parser.attribValue += c
+          continue
+        }
+        attrib(parser)
+        if (c === ">") openTag(parser)
+        else parser.state = S.ATTRIB
+      continue
+
+      case S.CLOSE_TAG:
+        if (!parser.tagName) {
+          if (is(whitespace, c)) continue
+          else if (not(nameStart, c)) strictFail(parser,
+            "Invalid tagname in closing tag.")
+          else parser.tagName = c
+        }
+        else if (c === ">") closeTag(parser)
+        else if (is(nameBody, c)) parser.tagName += c
+        else {
+          if (not(whitespace, c)) strictFail(parser,
+            "Invalid tagname in closing tag")
+          parser.state = S.CLOSE_TAG_SAW_WHITE
+        }
+      continue
+
+      case S.CLOSE_TAG_SAW_WHITE:
+        if (is(whitespace, c)) continue
+        if (c === ">") closeTag(parser)
+        else strictFail("Invalid characters in closing tag")
+      continue
+
+      case S.TEXT_ENTITY:
+      case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_Q:
+      case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_U:
+        switch(parser.state) {
+          case S.TEXT_ENTITY:
+            var returnState = S.TEXT, buffer = "textNode"
+          break
+
+          case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_Q:
+            var returnState = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_QUOTED, buffer = "attribValue"
+          break
+
+          case S.ATTRIB_VALUE_ENTITY_U:
+            var returnState = S.ATTRIB_VALUE_UNQUOTED, buffer = "attribValue"
+          break
+        }
+        if (c === ";") {
+          parser[buffer] += parseEntity(parser)
+          parser.entity = ""
+          parser.state = returnState
+        }
+        else if (is(entity, c)) parser.entity += c
+        else {
+          strictFail("Invalid character entity")
+          parser[buffer] += "&" + parser.entity + c
+          parser.entity = ""
+          parser.state = returnState
+        }
+      continue
+
+      default:
+        throw new Error(parser, "Unknown state: " + parser.state)
+    }
+  } // while
+  // cdata blocks can get very big under normal conditions. emit and move on.
+  // if (parser.state === S.CDATA && parser.cdata) {
+  //   emitNode(parser, "oncdata", parser.cdata)
+  //   parser.cdata = ""
+  // }
+  if (parser.position >= parser.bufferCheckPosition) checkBufferLength(parser)
+  return parser
+}
+
+})(typeof exports === "undefined" ? sax = {} : exports)
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diff --git a/latest/encoding/xml2object.js b/latest/encoding/xml2object.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6711b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/encoding/xml2object.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/**
+ * Simple xml 2 javascript object parser based on sax.js
+ * 
+ * https://github.com/emberfeather/node-xml2object
+ */
+var emitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
+var fs = require('fs');
+var sax = require('./sax');
+var util = require('util');
+
+var xml2object  = function(xmlFile, elements) {
+	elements = elements || [];
+	
+	this._hasStarted = false;
+
+	var self = this;
+	var currentObject;
+	var inObject = false;
+	var inObjectName;
+	var ancestors = [];
+
+	this.fileStream = fs.createReadStream(xmlFile);
+	this.saxStream = sax.createStream(true);
+
+	this.saxStream.on("opentag", function (args) {
+		if(!inObject) {
+			// If we are not in an object and not tracking the element
+			// then we don't need to do anything
+			if (elements.indexOf(args.name) < 0) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Start tracking a new object
+			inObject = true;
+			inObjectName = args.name;
+
+			currentObject = {};
+		}
+
+		if (!(args.name in currentObject)) {
+			currentObject[args.name] = args.attributes;
+		} else if (!util.isArray(currentObject[args.name])) {
+			// Put the existing object in an array.
+			var newArray = [currentObject[args.name]];
+			
+			// Add the new object to the array.
+			newArray.push(args.attributes);
+			
+			// Point to the new array.
+			currentObject[args.name] = newArray;
+		} else {
+			// An array already exists, push the attributes on to it.
+			currentObject[args.name].push(args.attributes);
+		}
+
+		// Store the current (old) parent.
+		ancestors.push(currentObject);
+
+		// We are now working with this object, so it becomes the current parent.
+		if (currentObject[args.name] instanceof Array) {
+			// If it is an array, get the last element of the array.
+			currentObject = currentObject[args.name][currentObject[args.name].length - 1];
+		} else {
+			// Otherwise, use the object itself.
+			currentObject = currentObject[args.name];
+		}
+	});
+
+	this.saxStream.on("text", function (data) {
+		if(!inObject) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		data = data.trim();
+
+		if (!data.length) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		currentObject['$t'] = (currentObject['$t'] || "") + data;
+	});
+
+	this.saxStream.on("closetag", function (name) {
+		if(!inObject) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if(inObject && inObjectName === name) {
+			// Finished building the object
+			self.emit('object', name, currentObject);
+
+			inObject = false;
+			ancestors = [];
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if(ancestors.length) {
+			var ancestor = ancestors.pop();
+			var keys = Object.keys(currentObject);
+
+			if (keys.length == 1 && '$t' in currentObject) {
+				// Convert the text only objects into just the text
+				if (ancestor[name] instanceof Array) {
+					ancestor[name].push(ancestor[name].pop()['$t']);
+				} else {
+					ancestor[name] = currentObject['$t'];
+				}
+			} else if (!keys.length) {
+				// Remove empty keys
+				delete ancestor[name];
+			}
+
+			currentObject = ancestor;
+		} else {
+			currentObject = {};
+		}
+	});
+
+	// Rebroadcast the error and keep going
+	this.saxStream.on("error", function (e) {
+		this.emit('error', e);
+
+		// clear the error and resume
+		this._parser.error = null;
+		this._parser.resume();
+	});
+
+	// Rebroadcast the end of the file read
+	this.fileStream.on("end", function() {
+		self.emit("end");
+	});
+};
+
+util.inherits(xml2object, emitter);
+
+xml2object.prototype.start = function() {
+	// Can only start once
+	if(this._hasStarted) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	this._hasStarted = true;
+
+	this.emit('start');
+
+	// Start the streaming!
+	this.fileStream.pipe(this.saxStream);
+};
+
+
+//TEST///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//var xml2object = require('xml2object');
+
+// Create a new xml parser with an array of xml elements to look for
+/*var parser = new xml2object('./src/encoding/ContentObject1.xml', [ 'ContentObject' ]);
+
+// Bind to the object event to work with the objects found in the XML file
+parser.on('object', function(name, obj) {
+    console.log('Found an object: %s', name);
+    console.log(obj);
+});
+
+// Bind to the file end event to tell when the file is done being streamed
+parser.on('end', function(name, obj) {
+    console.log('Finished parsing xml!');
+});
+
+// Start parsing the XML
+parser.start();*/
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