Re: [idn] IDN rechartering rev 3

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

At 04:06 PM 11/1/2001 -0500, Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote:
>Dave,
>
>The string "mandate" occurs once in rfc2277, at least in my copy ;-)

         Even as I typed the word, I knew that it would excite a 
response.  at least I can claim that I did not offer the word as a quotation.

>    Protocols MUST be able to use the UTF-8 charset, which consists of
>    the ISO 10646 coded character set

and indeed, the MUST was what I was referring to.

         Of course, the particular language used gives more ammunition to 
those supporting UTF-8.

         However the point behind distinguishing character set from 
encoding involves more elaborate analysis of the IAB document, and careful 
consideration of the transition factors.

\d/

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