Hi,

> I have in my XML doc a binary data encoded with the base64 
> method (this is
> the only trick that I know to embed binary data inside the XML; does
> anyone know a better solution?); this XML is to be 

Linking.

> transformed via an XSLT
> doc which in turn has to produce tha binary data in native format,
> i.e. has
> to decode the base64 binary data representation.
> Does anyone know if exists an implementation of a base64 decoder in
> Standard XSLT 1.0?

You mean a Base64 decoder written in XSLT? Cannot be done with vanilla XSLT; either postprocess the output or extend the existing serializer to launch a Base64 decoder based on, e.g. <?base64 start?>. 

Cheers,

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