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

Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> Wed, 07 October 2020 06:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] <contact/>: asciiFullname should be latinFullname
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> On Oct 7, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:.
> 
> What it really should say:
> 
> <contact fullname="トヨタ自動車株式会社" asciiFullname="Toyota Jidōsha KK"/>
> 
> But that transliteration is not entirely ASCII, so I get this error:
> 
> foo.xml(76): Error: Found non-ascii content in <contact> attribute value asciiFullname="Toyota Jidōsha KK"
> 
> Why do we allow Latin names in contact names, but if we have a non-Latin name, then the transcription suddenly needs to be ASCII, not just Latin?
> 
> Grüße, Carsten

Another related question:

How many times do we have to endure restrictions on UTF-8 characters in a UTF-8 document. Can we please just allow UTF-8 characters anywhere in a document?

It’s not like we don’t have multiple levels of an editor process to resolve any issues with incorrect use.

Tom