- From: Ray Denenberg <rden@loc.gov>
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 11:15:34 -0500
- To: www-zig@w3.org
"LeVan,Ralph" wrote: > Let's change the question slightly. Why should the application know what > kind of data it is returning? Why should it behave differently for one kind > of data than another? Did you know that there is text embedded in JPEG > files? Actually no, my format experts here tell me that jpeg represents text as bits, but they might be mistaken. In any case, certainly we wouldn't expect conversion to utf-8 in mixed-content or print-format (e.g. pdf, postscript) files. > I > think you assume too much knowlege about MARC records and should treat them > like any other record format. If we define a utf-8 option bit, what do you think it should apply to then? --Ray
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