- From: Joseph M. Reagle Jr. <reagle@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:08:39 -0400
- To: Mark Bartel <mbartel@thistle.ca>
- Cc: "''IETF/W3C XML-DSig WG ' '" <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
At 12:57 99/09/14 -0400, Mark Bartel wrote: >That's what I had responded to my coworker (I have been involved in i18n in >the past). However, it "feels inappropriate" to me to use the abbreviation >in the standard, but as I said I don't feel strongly about it. My thinking >is that "c14n" is pretty opaque for somebody who isn't familiar with that >method of abbreviation, and since there isn't a need to abbreviate we should >spell it out. I wouldn't argue anything that you've said. The editor of whatever document needs to make sure they introduce the acronym in a couple of places to ensure understanding to new readers. _________________________________________________________ Joseph Reagle Jr. Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org XML-Signature Co-Chair http://w3.org/People/Reagle/
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