Re: SV: SV: Z39.50 character encoding

> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:59:19 +0100
> From: "Henrik Dahl" <hdahl@inet.uni2.dk>
> 
> My idea was to create a new option bit specifying that an XML
> document having the simple schema, which makes the kind of document
> as this possible, should be used:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
> <InternationalString>
> Finally the discussion on charactersets is over as the solution to the
> problem is handled by ordinary means in scope of XML
> </InternationalString>
> 
> The idea here is of course, that the XML toolkit in use may handle
> all the characterset handling letting us to making Z39.50 relevant
> software and just relying on XML.

"Will no-one speak out against this madness?"  :-)

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