RE: [Encoding] Fixed Unicode statements [I18N-ACTION-337]

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Moderator Action] RE: [Encoding] Fixed Unicode statements 
[I18N-ACTION-337]
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:03:20 +0000
From: Whistler, Ken <ken.whistler@sap.com>
To: Phillips, Addison <addison@lab126.com>, Asmus Freytag 
(asmusf@ix.netcom.com) <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
CC: www-international@w3.org <www-international@w3.org>, Philippe Le 
Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, Mark Davis ☕️ <mark@macchiato.com>, Whistler, Ken 
<ken.whistler@sap.com>

Addison,

I am o.k. with those changes -- although I concur with Asmus' and
Martin's further suggestions to tweak the edit a bit.

--Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillips, Addison [mailto:addison@lab126.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:19 PM
> To: Whistler, Ken; Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
> Cc: www-international@w3.org; Philippe Le Hegaret; Mark Davis ☕️
> Subject: [Encoding] Fixed Unicode statements [I18N-ACTION-337]
>
> Hi Ken and Asmus,
>
> Recently you helped us address the issue [0] of the Unicode "violation"
> statements in the Encoding [1] specification. Based on your
> recommendations/suggestions, the document has been changed and no
> longer says that it "violates" any Unicode requirements. The editor's copy
> that reflects our changes is at [2].
>
> The specific quotes still in the document now read:
>
> [Section 4.2]
> --
> This is a much simpler and more restrictive algorithm of mapping labels to
> encodings than section 1.4 of Unicode Technical Standard #22 prescribes, as
> that is found to be necessary to be compatible with deployed content.
> --
>
> [Section 14.2]
> --
> Checking for and using a byte order mark happens before an encoding to
> decode a byte stream is chosen, as seen in the decode algorithm, as is
> deemed more accurate than any label.
> --
>
> The W3C process requires that I get an indication that you are "satisfied" by
> our changes. Could you please reply to this email and indicate whether the
> changes in the document meet with your approval?
>
> Regards (for I18N),
>
> Addison
>
> [0] http://www.w3.org/International/docs/encoding/encoding-
> doc.html#issue-385
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/encoding/
> [2] http://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/

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