[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[idn] Requirement [12] and charset tagging
- To: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: [idn] Requirement [12] and charset tagging
- From: Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:44:51 -0700
- Delivery-date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:01:06 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
>[12] This document does not recommend any charset for IDN. If more than
>one charset is used, or might be used in future, in the protocol, then
>the protocol must specify all the charsets being used and for what
>purpose. It must also conform to [RFC1766] by tagging the charset. No
>implicit rules should be allowed for multiple charsets. A CCS(s) chosen
>must at least cover the range of characters as currently defined (and as
>being added) by ISO 10646/Unicode.
The sentence "It must also conform to [RFC1766] by tagging the
charset." is overkill for a protocol that only allows one charset.
For example, if the protocol only allows UTF-8, why should every name
part have to be marked as UTF-8? I propose changing that sentence to
"If multiple charsets are allowed, each item must be tagged with the
name of the charset".
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium