Re: rename ToUnicode?
Keld Jørn Simonsen <[email protected]>
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On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:55:53AM +0000, Adam M. Costello wrote: > Dan Oscarsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > IETF should refer to official standards organisations if possible. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think ISO-10646 does not define > normalization forms or case folding. Therefore IDNA cannot avoid > referencing Unicode. Once we reference Unicode, there's no point in > referencing ISO-10646, because it doesn't contain anything of interest > that isn't already in Unicode. ISO does define case folding, and ISO says that given a specific repertoire of 10646 for identifiers you need no normalization. > For practical reasons, isn't it preferable to reference a spec that's > easily available? The Unicode standard is on the web for anyone to view > at no charge. Is the same true of ISO-10646? the ISO 10646 case folding data is available from the web too. It is included in the ISO 14651 standard. Keld