todd glassey wrote: >>It merely means IETF documents MUST BE internationally legible, >>that is, pure ASCII. > No, it means that they must be internationally available. And since many > people DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH mandating them to be in English eliminates > those party's participation. It's a lot better than mandating *BOTH* English and French and Greek and ... > The idea that Knowledge Representation must occur in English means those > that speak it poorly, and many others fail to reach the people who are > part of the constituency and as such they fall short of the IETF's > capabilities to deliver. They also may actually become victims of the > language barrier No English. OK. And, Japanese is the best language, of course. Let's not use English but Japanese, internationally. OK? Masataka Ohta _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf