Re: I18N-ISSUE-246: Clarify character encoding behavior when calculating storage size [ITS-20]

Am 20.03.13 21:35, schrieb Yves Savourel:
>> "An application consuming the storage size information is
>> encouraged to assume utf-8 as the default encoding.
> I'm not sure I understand. Using UTF-8 as the default must be normative.
> If there is no encoding specified the ITS processor assumes its UTF-8. Otherwise there is no way to be sure about the encoding value.

You are right, sorry for the confusion.

>
> What would be non-normative would be the fact that UTF-8 should always be supported by the application using the data category.
>
> So maybe something like this: "An application consuming the storage size information is encouraged to support at least utf-8." added to the text Stephan proposed for the other issues related to Storage Size?

Sounds good - could you cite the text here just to be sure which one it is?

Best,

Felix

Received on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 20:41:59 UTC