RE: label header (was: Re: Versioning TeleConf Agenda, 4/6/01 (Friday) 12-1pm EST)

--On 01-04-10 13.21 -0400 Jim Amsden <jamsden@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Perhaps we could get some clarification from the Application area
> directors if this is something we need to address or not?  I'd prefer to
> leave the label header in the spec as it semms that selecting a version
> by label is simple and reasonable functionality that is common practice,
> and has been in the spec for quite some time. However if it leads down
> unnecessary rat-holes, I could be convinced to delete it. Ned? Patrik? 

IF you do comparisons of any kind, you MUST define how a match is to
defined.

When comparing Unicode characters, my take is that you have to do things
like the IDN wg is talking about. See for example
draft-ietf-idn-nameprep-03.txt which talks about the operations you have to
do on two strings _before_ you do the actual comparison.

So, comparing human readable text is hard, very hard, but possible.

   paf

Received on Tuesday, 10 April 2001 16:12:47 UTC