Re: [idn] Summary of TS-SC discussion

[ned.freed@mrochek.com]

> >          Why the tag in MIME mail header and subject can be recognize the
> > language character typed-in and display them correctly ?

> MIME body part headers allow MIME language tagging; mail subject
> lines do not allow MIME language tagging, but do allow Unicode 3.1
> language tagging. Neither has had much success in implementation, and
> inconsistent use causes poor display.

Actually, mail subject lines do allow for language tagging. See RFC 2231 for
details. (Warning: It isn't pretty.)

I've seen implementations of body part language tagging and of
mail subject line language tagging, but AFAIK they are rarely if ever
used. I've never seen an implementation that supports the Unicode 3.1
language tagging stuff.

Bottom line: I agree with your assessment that this has not worked well.

				Ned