IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [Tools-discuss] <contact/>: asciiFullname should be latinFullname

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 07 October 2020 12:57 UTC

Return-Path: <cabo@tzi.org>
X-Original-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD8C3A09E8 for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 05:57:40 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.897
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.897 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id x7LLXBf3nU43 for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 05:57:38 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from gabriel-vm-2.zfn.uni-bremen.de (gabriel-vm-2.zfn.uni-bremen.de [134.102.50.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 296C33A08AE for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 05:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from [192.168.217.118] (p548dcc60.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.141.204.96]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gabriel-vm-2.zfn.uni-bremen.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4C5vWM6g00zyXv; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 14:57:35 +0200 (CEST)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\))
From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
In-Reply-To: <9b829546-e5cc-3f3d-73df-1de9781e8e39@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:57:35 +0200
Cc: tools-discuss@ietf.org
X-Mao-Original-Outgoing-Id: 623768255.304057-63a741060468a95c2db3a21b0c3d0e15
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <5FD25927-B746-4637-9191-EF607E9B3D36@tzi.org>
References: <E01F5548-0729-4B27-98F2-CA7C19C37CF1@tzi.org> <52B934D6-9ABC-4224-BF85-1D323B1AA6A7@bangj.com> <9b829546-e5cc-3f3d-73df-1de9781e8e39@gmx.de>
To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4)
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/wG8osDROr-WTspE63E-jNHhsVQ8>
Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] <contact/>: asciiFullname should be latinFullname
X-BeenThere: tools-discuss@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: IETF Tools Discussion <tools-discuss.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/>
List-Post: <mailto:tools-discuss@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:57:46 -0000

On 2020-10-07, at 09:54, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> We shouldn't need a phrase-level "contact" element in the fist place.

While this is true from a final form readable document generation point of view, marking people semantically does have some value.
Right now that only happens if somebody has a beyond-ASCII name; that outcome indeed does not make a lot of sense.

My proposal was trying to stay inside the current system and just fix the bug that transliterations cannot reasonably be limited to ASCII; I would like to get this fix done independently from any larger repertoire fixes to RFCXMLv3.

There is, of course, no need to actually change the attribute name; simply allowing Latin values for the attribute solves the problem.

Grüße, Carsten

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email