At 3:07 PM +0900 10/31/02, Martin Duerst wrote:
The right place should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] I say "should" because that is the proper forum, not because I am suggesting that you take this debate there. It has been discussed repeatedly there, with no resolution. You could bring it there, of course; if you do, it would be polite if you read the archives first. Note that being polite is at all a proven requirement for the IETF discussion list...Can you (or somebody else) tell us where the right place is?
It is, as far as I can tell, the *only* WG that has any need. The other value of UTF-8 Internet Drafts is that document authors can spell their names correctly. (For those not following closely, Martin actually does not have a "ue" in his last name, and Patrik actually does not have either an "a" or an "o" in his last name.)Also, it seems that this WG has a much clearer need than many/ most WGs on this issue,
Well, you have to define "need". It might be difficult to do U+xxxx-to-visual mapping for the draft in question, but is that really a "need"? It is rude for you and Patrik and many others to have to misspell your name in the documents you write, but is that really a "need"? Needs and desires are quite different things.and so it may be helpful to document that need clearly enough as a need of the WG, rather than as an idea of some individuals.
My suggestion is that you simply write up a carefully-scoped Internet Draft on the topic and submit it. Be sure to have a mailing list for the draft, and be sure to invite at least a few ADs to the list early on. Starting a "discussion" on the IETF mailing list is 99.9% assured to go nowhere without an Internet Draft behind it. With an Internet Draft, you have a greater chance of success.
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