- From: Dave Peterson <davep@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 16:02:41 -0400
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 10:52 AM 5/29/97, Murata Makoto wrote (Re: Comments on XML Part 1 from Japanese experts): >Gavin Nicol writes: >>>5. The private use areas >>> >>>(1) Proposal >>> >>>The private use areas of Unicode should not be used in XML. >> >>The private use area, and surrogates are critical for certain >>applications. What is "open interchange"? If it means no prior coordination between sender and receiver other than "to use XML", then the private use areas of Unicode by definition cannot be used. How would the receiver know what character has been received? Questions: Is XML really intended only to be used for "open interchange" as so defined? Will the use of XML be prohibited when additional agreements are needed? How would this be enforced, and what gain would accrue from enforcing it? Dave Peterson SGMLWorks! davep@acm.org
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