RE: [Ltru] Wrapping up the UTF-8 debate

I agree with Peter (and Mark) on the issues below.
I have a strong preference against a BOM.

Separately from our work on the drafts, we should continue
(as Randy already has done) to lobby the IETF into updating
their mailing list/archiving software so that UTF-8 (as well
as any other character encoding) is shown correctly.

Regards,   Martin.

At 07:42 07/07/21, Peter Constable wrote:
>> From: Randy Presuhn [mailto:randy_presuhn@mindspring.com]
>
>
>>    1)  Are we willing to use a representation (for the discussion
>>        of changes on the ietf-languages@iana.org list and communication
>>        with IANA) which is different (perhaps only
>> mechanically/trivially so)
>>        from what is actually published in the registry files?
>
>I assume that those responsible for actually updating the records will be 
>competent to do what's needed, so I am willing.
>
>
>>    2)  The registry file itself currently uses something which is
>> similar
>>        to an NCR.  Are we willing to change the registry format to
>>           a) use actual NCRs for non-ASCII code points, making
>> conversion
>>              to XML even more trivial than it already is, while still
>>              giving some fallback to folks inspecting the data for
>> errors
>>              or looking at it through ASCII windows
>>           b) embed the actual (UTF-8 encoded) characters into the file
>>           c) something else?
>
>My vote: 2B
>
>
>>    3)  Are we going to instruct IANA to maintain a "pure" ASCII version
>>        of the registry, in which everything not ASCII will have been
>> flattened
>>        or translitered?
>
>My vote: No.
>
>
>Another possible issue (assuming consensus on a file with actual 
>UTF-8-encoded characters): does the UTF-8 file begin with a UTF 
>BOM/encoding signature?
>
>
>Peter
>
>
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