native encoding

• From: Ray Denenberg <rden@loc.gov>
• Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:11:41 -0500
• To: zig <www-zig@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <3C7F9A2D.4EE0B6C3@loc.gov>

The character encoding discussion seems now to
focus (and I use that term loosely) on native
encodings, that is, if we negotiate utf-8 for a
session and if a particular syntax has a
well-known, native encoding other than utf-8,
which applies?

Perhaps I missed something and if so please
refresh my memory:  What is the objection to using
variants?

Thus if utf-8 is negotiated it applies to
everything unless explicitly overiden. If you want
to request a record in an encoding other than
utf-8, you include a variant request; if a server
wants to supply a record in an encoding other than
utf-8, it includes a supplied variant.

Please, if anyone objects to this approach speak
up.

--Ray

Received on Friday, 1 March 2002 10:10:16 UTC