Re: [VCARDDAV] Default charset

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Fri, 05 March 2010 18:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [VCARDDAV] Default charset
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On 3/5/10 10:28 AM, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On 2010-02-22 10:24, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>>> "...MUST accept vCard data in the UTF-8 or US-ASCII charset..."
>>>
>>>      is the same thing as
>>>
>>> "...MUST accept vCard data in the UTF-8 charset"
>>>
>>> ...because any recipient that accepts UTF-8 *by definition* also accepts
>>> US-ASCII.
>>
>> But is it OK to accept vCard data only in the US-ASCII charset?
> 
> I think the answer to that is a resounding "NO!"

Good. UTF-8 FTW. :) In which case this seems most accurate:

"...MUST accept vCard data in the UTF-8 charset"

Peter

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