>And also RFC is FREE of charge but not Unicode standard itself. The Unicode Standard *is* free of charge; the entire text is posted on www.unicode.org.
Mark ________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM, MS 50-2/B11, 5600 Cottle Rd, SJ CA 95193 (408) 256-3148 fax: (408) 256-0799 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yung-Fong Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kenneth Whistler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 13:06 Subject: Re: Unicode 4.0 BETA available for review > > > > > > > >I can keep answering these questions, but I can also assure > >everyone that the UTC worked *very* hard this time around to > >make the character encoding model much clearer in the Unicode 4.0 > >text, and to anticipate all these edge cases. > > > >--Ken > > > The problem in the past come from two (or more places) > > 1. the definitation in Unicode itself (3.0, 3.1) > 2. the RFC which summarize it. > > I am sure you can control the point 1. But we have to understand the > point 2 is also important. The reasone people refer to point 2 is > usually the RFC is much shorter and focus than the Unicode standard > itself. And also RFC is FREE of charge but not Unicode standard itself. > So... in the future, in order to ensure we have a good software > environment, we not only need to make the Unicode 4.0 clear, but also > need to speed up the revision of those RFCs. > > >
