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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →Binary XML
SAP-specific format for storing XML data in binary form. In Binary XML, redundant information is suppressed and UTF-8 coding is used, which produces performance benefits when storing and transporting data. Binary XML is supported by both AS ABAP and AS Java. In ABAP, Binary XML is one of the supported formats in the sXML Library.