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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Frank wrote:<br>
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> "one of the few" instead of "the only" could be also dissing :-)<br>
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</div>This document makes interesting reading, albeit out of date.<br>
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<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>
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Anyone know of more up to date stats on the use of alternative encodings on<br>
the web?<br>
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Best regards<br>
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Debbie<br>
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> -----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>
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