Re: [apps-discuss] Last Call: <draft-ietf-appsawg-rfc3536bis-02.txt> (Terminology Used in Internationalization in the IETF) to BCP

[Mykyta Yevstifeyev <[e-mail]>]

20.06.2011 0:55, Frank Ellermann wrote:
> On 17 June 2011 05:21, Mykyta Yevstifeyev wrote:
>
>> I proposed improving the "control character" definition
> Let's keep it simple.  ECMA 48 5th edition claims that its
> 4th edition corresponds to ISO 6429:1992, and that there
> should be a new ISO 6429 based on ECMA 48 5th ed.
>
> If that actually happened your proposal to add a non-free
> ISO 6429:1992 reference could be arguably obsolete.
>
> The control codes only mean something in the context
> of specifications using it, e.g., TUS doesn't use most of
> the C0 or C1 control codes (adding its own oddities).
>
> Wrt i18n ECMA 48 5th ed. could be even interesting, it
> covers BiDi.   But I'd never trust in any BiDi spec. unless
> it was written by one of the usual suspects (Martin, John,
> Harald, Paul, etc.)
My first proposal was to include reference to ISO 6429; yet, it isn't 
mandatory.  Let's produce a simple definition of what is the control 
character used for.  It may be taken from ISO/IEC 10646 as well.  I 
don't think the current text reflects this.
>> we're trying to give the terms normative meaning within
>> IETF, since the intended status is BCP
> The business with the C0 + C1 terminology is IMO correct
> in the draft, and explaining what if anything specifc control
> codes do is out of scope.
See above.  Let's not explain what do they mean, but rather what are 
their overall mission.  That's my point.

Mykyta
> The "net UTF-8" BCP obsoletes
> most of these codes, and the i18n terminology draft has a
> pointer to the "net UTF-8 BCP" (IIRC).
>
>   >  The document makes normative reference to an obsolete
>> document - ISO/IEC 10646:2003 whereas ISO/IEC
>> 10646:2011 is published.  The reference should be
>> corrected.
> Above all it should be the ISO 10646 version corresponding
> to the referenced TUS version, if you checked that I'd agree.
>
> -Frank
>