Re: [iri] #26: disallow combining characters at start of a component

#26: disallow combining characters at start of a component


Comment (by duerst@…):

 I propose the following text, to be added in the section "Limitations on
 UCS Characters Allowed in IRIs":


 {{{
 --- C:/Users/duerst/AppData/Local/Temp/draft-ietf-iri-3987bis.xml-
 revBASE.svn000.tmp.xml        木 3  1 19:10:21 2012
 +++ C:/Data/ietf-iri/draft-ietf-iri-3987bis/draft-ietf-iri-3987bis.xml  木
 3  1 19:16:29 2012
 @@ -930,6 +930,13 @@
      includes many look-alikes of "space", "delims", and "unwise",
      characters excluded in <xref target="RFC3491"/>.</t>

 +  <t hangText="c.">At the start of a component, the use of combining
 +    marks is strongly discouraged. As an example, a COMBINING TILDE
 OVERLAY
 +    (U+0334) would be very confusing at the start of a &lt;isegment>.
 +    Combined with the preceeding '/', it might look like a  solidus with
 +    combining tilde overlay, but IRI processing software will parse
 +    and process the '/' separately.</t>
 +
  </list>
  </t>


 }}}

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 Reporter:  duerst@…  |       Owner:  duerst@…
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major     |   Milestone:
Component:  3987bis   |     Version:
 Severity:  -         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:            |
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/iri/trac/ticket/26#comment:3>
iri <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/iri/>

Received on Thursday, 1 March 2012 10:18:57 UTC