- From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@sgml.u-net.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 06:54:58 +0100
- To: keld@dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen), Martin J Duerst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>, www-international@w3.org
- Cc: rosenne@NetVision.net.il, J.Larmouth@iti.salford.ac.uk
At 04:09 PM 24/10/96 +0200, Keld J|rn Simonsen wrote: >We discussed the architecture of character handling, i18n etc >in the IAB, and noticed that sorting is not only dependent on >language, but on the users preferences, where language and culture >and country is prominent ingredients. So we said that this layer >in our model should be 'locale' oriented in the sense of C and >POSIX locales, where we also would see it implemented in many >cases. So I would rather recommend that we do not mix language >and the locale, but that we introduce a locale facility in HTTP. I would strongly second this proposal. ---- Martin Bryan, The SGML Centre, Churchdown, Glos. GL3 2PU, UK Phone/Fax: +44 1452 714029 WWW home page: http://www.u-net.com/~sgml/
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