Re: [Ltru] UTF-8

I think we should close this discussion. We're unlikely to make it 
further this time than last. I think UTF-8 is desirable and the 
procedural points can be solved to deal with it. But I don't think we'll 
find consensus down this path (or at least consensus that doesn't have 
multiple loud objections). Ditto on the XML proposal.

Addison

Randy Presuhn wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> As co-chair...
> 
> We've had this discussion  several times.  As long as there is
> an insistance that the format for the communication of updates
> is the same as that of the registry itself, I'm pretty sure the conclusion
> won't change in the forseeable future.  Just on this list, we've all
> seen the picturesque results of various incompatible mailers
> (and even different configurations of the same mailer) mangling
> what should be simple UTF-8.  Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to
> just be a question of having the right fonts.
> 
> If this thread is to move forward to a different conclusion, the only
> path by which I can see it succeeding is to recognize that the
> email communication of changes might have to rely on a different
> coding of non-ASCII things from what the registry itself uses.
>  If we can agree that the existing email format is adequate for purposes
> of communicating changes, then there are three decisions needed:
>     (0) do we want to stick with email as our mechanism for communicating
>           updates?
>    (1) is a UTF-8 registry indeed desirable?
>    (2) if so, are we willing to allow IANA to convert the apropriate bits
>         of an update directive conveyed in ASCII into the "real" code points?
> 
> But please, let's not rehash the discussion we've already had.
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
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Addison Phillips
Globalization Architect -- Yahoo! Inc.
Chair -- W3C Internationalization Core WG

Internationalization is an architecture.
It is not a feature.

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