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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark
Davis<BR><B>Sent:</B> 08 July 2008 21:38<BR><B>To:</B>
debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk<BR><B>Cc:</B> Frank Ellermann;
idna-update@alvestrand.no<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: IDN uses unicode
because...<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Here's an overview, published a little while ago.<BR><BR><A
href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/moving-to-unicode-51.html">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/moving-to-unicode-51.html</A><BR><BR
clear=all>Mark <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Debbie Garside <<A
href="mailto:debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk">debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=Ih2E3d>Frank wrote:<BR><BR>> "one of the few" instead of "the
only" could be also dissing :-)<BR><BR></DIV>This document makes interesting
reading, albeit out of date.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/presentations/S8-Zaki.pdf"
target=_blank>http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/presentations/S8-Zaki.pdf</A><BR><BR><BR>Anyone
know of more up to date stats on the use of alternative encodings on<BR>the
web?<BR><BR>Best regards<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>Debbie<BR></FONT>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no">idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no</A><BR>>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no">idna-update-bounces@alvestrand.no</A>]
On Behalf Of Frank<BR>> Ellermann<BR>> Sent: 08 July 2008
18:30<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:idna-update@alvestrand.no">idna-update@alvestrand.no</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: IDN uses unicode because...<BR>><BR>> Shawn Steele
wrote:<BR>><BR>> >> It is a summary of RFC 5242, but likely
readers don't get<BR>> this subtle<BR>> >> point. Maybe it
could be trimmed to "because no other alternative<BR>> >> for the
IDNA purposes exists".<BR>><BR>> > This always struck me as being a
roundabout dissing of Unicode for<BR>> > some unknown
reason.<BR>><BR>> Did you see the publication date of RFC 5242 ?
Finding<BR>> something better requires time travel.<BR>><BR>>
> "IDNA uses the Unicode character repertoire because its widely<BR>>
> adopted and one of the few globally recognized standards that<BR>>
> encompass the needs of all users".<BR>><BR>> "one of the few"
instead of "the only" could be also dissing :-)<BR>><BR>> > It
could also be mentioned that RFC 2277 requires that standards<BR>> >
support Unicode.<BR>><BR>> ITYM that RFC 2277 requires support for
UTF-8. The rationale<BR>> draft mentions UTF-8 in conjunction with
U-labels, no problem.<BR>><BR>> Frank<BR>><BR>>
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