- From: Martin Duerst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:00:00 +0900
- To: Douglas Bagnall <douglas@paradise.net.nz>, www-international@w3.org
At 08:29 07/12/07, Douglas Bagnall wrote: > >Frank Ellermann wrote: >> You'd need a definition of the shorthand "charset" first, > >That could be at > >- Characters are grouped into a *character* *set* (also called a >- *repertoire*), > >+ Characters are grouped into a *character* *set* (also called a >+ *repertoire* or *charset*), No, sorry, wrong, a "charset" includes the coding mechanism down to the bit/byte level. >> | Most Web pages use the UTF-8 encoding for Unicode text. >[...] >> Are you sure about "most Web pages" (as of today) ? > >This evoked a double take from me, too. I had to re-read to see that >"for Unicode text" was making a much smaller claim than I first thought. >In the sense in which it is meant, however (UTF-8 is more common than >UTF-[7,16,32] variants), it seems very likely true. Somewhat similar for me, too. I'm sure that we can tweak the wording so that it's easier to read. Regards, Martin. #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University #-#-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp
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