[Ltru] Re: UTF-8

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Sun, 17 September 2006 16:22 UTC

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From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
To: Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de>
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Subject: [Ltru] Re: UTF-8
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On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 12:38:45AM +0200,
 Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> wrote 
 a message of 36 lines which said:

> > if we move to XML with IANA concurrence, we'll get UTF-8 anyway.
> 
> Several issues here: Where does the "IANA will convert everything to
> XML" rumour come from?

It was announced by David Conrad, director of IANA, at the APRICOT
conference in Perth in january 2006 and confirmed more recently by a
private email from Kim Davies, IANA.

You can email them if you want to check:

David Conrad <david.conrad@icann.org>
Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org>

> IANA can't simply reformat all their registries when they feel like
> it.

I disagree: most registries have no format specification at all, the
RFC is silent about it. I believe that the LTR is an exception, not
the rule, since its authoritative RFC mandates a registry format.



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