Since there is nobody suggesting a modification of the document format from 7 bit plaintext to UTF8 and since further it is clear that this would satisfy neither camp, I fail to see the relevance for including it. Expressing surprise that such an option has not been considered is, well 'interesting'. On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Doug Ewell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam at gmail dot com> wrote: > >> 9) Ability to code names properly >> 10) Ability to write an intelligible document on internationalization >> issues >> ... >> 8, 9, 10) Only supported by HTML. > > I continue to be puzzled by statements like this. A plain-text file > encoded in UTF-8 can contain any Unicode character that an HTML document > can contain. > > Note that I am not arguing in favor of plain text as the IETF standard. > I just want to keep this part of the discussion real. There is no > requirement anywhere that plain-text files may contain only ASCII > characters. > > -- > Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA | http://www.ewellic.org > RFC 5645, 4645, UTN #14 | ietf-languages @ http://is.gd/2kf0s > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- -- New Website: http://hallambaker.com/ View Quantum of Stupid podcasts, Tuesday and Thursday each week, http://quantumofstupid.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf