- From: Martin J. Duerst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 22:59:11 +0100 (MET)
- To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
- Cc: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, uri@bunyip.com
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Masataka Ohta wrote: > > # "@", "$", "#"(for fragments). > > > > Are you saying that people who cannot type an Internet email address > > (which usually requires "@") should also be considered to be able to > > type a URL? > > Even with ISO, ISO 646 IRV is now ASCII. Yes, it is, since around 1991. But still Japan has its Yen symbol instead of the backslash, and its overbar instead of the tilde. And so you shouldn't assume other countries are more advanced. > Moreover, we are not part of ISO and don't have to invent trigraphs. I agree we don't. I don't mind if "@", "$", "#", and even "~" are officially part of URLs. But it's important we don't give the impression that they can be easily typed everywhere and will pass though all gateways if they actually don't. Regards, Martin.
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