Re: Registration of new charset: Windows-1252

> There is no value in registering all the different names that have been
> given to this charsets in various publications, unless there is at least
> intent but better yet an implementation using this name for MIME content
> labeling.

Yes, but it can nearly impossible to tell if something has progressed from
description to actual use. The Internet is just too large to make these
sorts of assessments any more.

> The sites you point out do not indicate that the given name is intended to
> be directly used as a MIME charset label.

I've seen CP1252 and I believe IBM-1252 used in MIME charset fields.

				Ned

Received on Wednesday, 26 January 2000 15:23:50 UTC