[Bug 11663] New: "non-shortest form" is more established than "overlong form"

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11663

           Summary: "non-shortest form" is more established than "overlong
                    form"
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: trivial
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: hsivonen@iki.fi
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#overlong-form

The spec talks about "overlong form". However, "non-shortest form" is more
established Unicode jargon:
http://www.google.com/search?q=UTF-8+overlong+form
http://www.google.com/search?q=UTF-8+non-shortest+form

It would make sense to use the term "non-shortest form" in the spec.

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Received on Tuesday, 4 January 2011 09:55:21 UTC