FWD: I-D ACTION:draft-klensin-unicode-escapes-00.txt

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

Hi.

At the Apps Area meeting at the last IETF, there was a
discussion of ways of referring to or escaping a Unicode
character in an ASCII protocol or context.  I took an action to
write a short I-D that explicitly recommended the use of form
that reference Unicode code points directly rather than, e.g.,
encoding the octets of UTF-8.

That document has been posted and, with the concurrence of the
ADs, discussion has been directed to the [e-mail]
list.

If you have any interest in internationalization issues, a
careful reading of, and comments on, this proposal would be
greatly appreciated.  

In the absence of comments, I will be pushing for Last Call
fairly soon.

thanks,
     john

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	Title		: ASCII Escaping of Unicode Characters
	Author(s)	: J. Klensin
	Filename	: draft-klensin-unicode-escapes-00.txt
	Pages		: 8
	Date		: 2007-1-18
	
   There are a number of circumstances in which an escape mechanism is
   needed in conjunction with a protocol to encode characters that
   cannot by represented or transmitted directly.  With ASCII coding the
   traditional escape has been either the decimal or hexadecimal offset
   of the character, written in a variety of different ways.  The move
   to Unicode, where characters occupy two or more octets and may be
   coded in several different forms, has further complicated the
   question of escapes.  This document discusses some the options now in
   use and makes a proposal for general use in IETF protocols.


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