- From: Martin J. Duerst <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:40:15 +0100 (MET)
- To: Keld J|rn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>
- cc: www-international@w3.org
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Keld J|rn Simonsen wrote: > "Martin J. Duerst" writes: > > > ISO 10646 does define subsets. Unicode does not. ISO takes the > > formalistic approach, whereas Unicode takes the practical > > approach. The Web, and HTTP and HTML, are definitely on the > > practical side. > > Possibly, but the Web is defined in terms of ISO/IEC 10646. The document character set of I18N HTML is defined in terms of ISO 10646. Because it is defined as the full set of ISO 10646, with level 3 implementation, subsets are of course not needed. Regards, Martin.
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