Re: [idn] URL encoding in html page

["James Seng" <jseng@pobox.org.sg>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Leung (Neteka Inc.)" <david@neteka.com>
To: <sun@cnnic.net.cn>; "James Seng/Personal" <jseng@pobox.org.sg>
Cc: "Edmon Chung" <edmon@neteka.com>; "IETF idn working group"
<idn@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [idn] URL encoding in html page


> >> > you can justify why designing a system that can handle ASCII as a
> fallback
> >> > and can automatically support 8/16/32 bits Unicode is not a good
> design,
> >> > then I think my thinking is wrong.
> >>
> >> The question is really why 8/16/32 bit Unicode is better than 5bit
(ACE)?
>
> >I think the former is based on character and the latter is based on
string.
> >Maybe it is a advantage of the former for design many Applications.
>
> Totally agree the advantage of the former is to be able to have existing
> software or software that plans to have Unicode support to be able to work
> without performing EXTRA ACE conversion!!
>
>