- From: Norman.Walsh@w3.org, on behalf of the TAG <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:26:00 -0400
- To: www-i18n-comments@w3.org
- CC: www-tag@w3.org
At the 03 June 2002 telcon[1], the TAG resolved to accept Chris Lilley's comments[2] on the character model document[3] as our collective comments with the following amendment: We believe that specifications SHOULD NOT add rules for character encoding beyond what is provided in XML. They MUST NOT restrict character sets beyond what XML allows. In other words, the TAG disagrees with the current wording of the recommendation at the beginning of section 3.6 that says a specification should mandate a unique encoding. We believe a specification must not mandate a single encoding to the exclusion of UTF8/16. For some machine-to-machine routing protocol, we accept that restricting the encoding to UTF8/16 would be acceptable. But for specifications designed for editing by humans (such as MathML), we believe that this restriction should not be imposed. This message discharges the TAG issue charmodReview-17[4] On behalf of the TAG, norm [1] Minutes not yet available [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2002May/0164.html [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-charmod-20020430/ [4] http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/ilist#charmodReview-17 -- Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM | It is not impossibilities which fill us with XML Standards Engineer | the deepest despair, but possibilities which XML Technology Center | we have failed to realize.--Robert Mallet Sun Microsystems, Inc. |
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