- From: Tom Hume <Tom.Hume@futureplatforms.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:23:11 +0100
- To: public-bpwg-ct <public-bpwg-ct@w3.org>
LC-2023 discusses problems around transformation of content across character sets: mappings may not exist, documents may contain multiple mappings, external entities may use alternative mappings and some proprietary ones are well established (e.g. pictograms on I-Mode). There have been posts on this list referring to character set translation being a potentially useful service which a proxy might provide, from mobile device towards origin server [1]. I've not seen any discussion on character set translation carried out in the other direction. I'm wondering how likely it is that a device will request content from a server via a transforming proxy which the device is capable of parsing itself, and the proxy transform this content in such a way that it is not suitable for display on the device? This sounds like a Bad Thing :( [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-bpwg-ct/2008Mar/0021.html -- Future Platforms Ltd e: Tom.Hume@futureplatforms.com t: +44 (0) 1273 819038 m: +44 (0) 7971 781422 company: www.futureplatforms.com personal: tomhume.org
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