IDN uses unicode because...

[Debbie Garside]

Frank wrote:

> "one of the few" instead of "the only" could be also dissing :-)

This document makes interesting reading, albeit out of date.

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/presentations/S8-Zaki.pdf


Anyone know of more up to date stats on the use of alternative encodings on
the web?

Best regards

Debbie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no
> [mailto:idna-update-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Frank
> Ellermann
> Sent: 08 July 2008 18:30
> To: idna-update at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: IDN uses unicode because...
>
> Shawn Steele wrote:
>
> >> It is a summary of RFC 5242, but likely readers don't get
> this subtle
> >> point.  Maybe it could be trimmed to "because no other alternative
> >> for the IDNA purposes exists".
>
> > This always struck me as being a roundabout dissing of Unicode for
> > some unknown reason.
>
> Did you see the publication date of RFC 5242 ?  Finding
> something better requires time travel.
>
> > "IDNA uses the Unicode character repertoire because its widely
> > adopted and one of the few globally recognized standards that
> > encompass the needs of all users".
>
> "one of the few" instead of "the only" could be also dissing :-)
>
> > It could also be mentioned that RFC 2277 requires that standards
> > support Unicode.
>
> ITYM that RFC 2277 requires support for UTF-8.  The rationale
> draft mentions UTF-8 in conjunction with U-labels, no problem.
>
>  Frank
>
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