Re: [idn] Working group focus -- and progress

[liana.ydisg@juno.com]

Hi, Dave,
 
   I have seen that you have been consistently pushing
for meeting with the charter of this WG, and dismissed
just about any relevent discussions.  Now, that you 
say: 
> There is a rumor that some people actually want to use the results 
> of this 
> working group, and that they want to use the results AS SOON AS 
> POSSIBLE.
>

Could you please tell us who is these "some people"?

Liana


On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:55:18 -0700 Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
writes:
> Folks,
> 
> At 04:07 AM 8/31/2001, Patrik Fältström wrote:
> >If a table existed which handled mappings between TC and SC, we 
> could of
> >course use it.
> >...
> >Further, you should not compare SC-TC equivalence with case folding 
> inside
> >one script, for example Latin. Instead you should compare with the 
> fact
> >that the same, and similar, characters exists in Greek, Latin and 
> Cyrillic
> >scripts. For example the character which looks like 'A'.
> 
> 
> The second statement is the more important point:  It is the reason 
> that 
> this entire topic is entirely OUT OF SCOPE for this working group.  
> It is 
> therefore the reason that the topic needs to be moved off of this 
> list, so 
> that the working group can work on finishing tasks that are WITHIN 
> the charter.
> 
> There is a rumor that some people actually want to use the results 
> of this 
> working group, and that they want to use the results AS SOON AS 
> POSSIBLE.
> 
> Having discussions that are outside the scope of the working group 
> hurts 
> that goal.
> 
> It does not matter that this discussion is both important and 
> interesting.  What DOES matter is that it is causing further delay, 
> for a 
> working group effort that has already gone on much longer than it 
> should have.
> 
> d/
> 
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