Re: Charset reviewer appointed

MURATA Makoto (murata@apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:13:21 +0900


Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:13:21 +0900
From: MURATA Makoto <murata@apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Charset reviewer appointed
In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19980727085832.008729b0@ni.net>
To: Dan Kegel <dank@alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no>,
Message-id: <199807280113.AA01825@murata.apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp>

Dan Kegel wrote:
> >Making the BOM optional is an upper-compatible change.
> 
> What would the consequences be at this point for XML
> if this group tried to mandate a byte order for "UTF-16"
> and mandate a BOM for "marked-UTF-16"?

The XML WG has to discuss, but I think XML can be revised 
accordingly.

Makoto
 
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