On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Armin Osterholzer wrote:
> Could you or anyone else on the list shed some light on
> how the various XML activities intend to cater for non-English
> in tags. What is the situation regarding transmission of Asian
> language (2-byte letters), e.g. Mandarine, Kanji, etc.. via XML?
>
> Maybe I misunderstand and this is a "non-issue", however with
> "traditional" EDI (ANSI, EDIFACT) we continue to have difficulty
> in that area.
In a pure XML environment this is theoretically a non-issue because XML
supports UNICODE which supports 2 byte letters. However, theory and
reality live in two different realms. I think it is probably safe to say
that the standardization efforts will probably remain with English
characters. However, even though some believe architectural forms (lofty
name for standardized mapping) are dead, I belief they can become very
important in the internationalization of EDI/XML standards.
It will also take some time for software to support UNICODE but it will
happen.
Betty
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