Philippe Verdy scripsit: > Given that XML will require normalization for texts identified as > being Unicode encoded (UTF-8 and others), couldn't a document be > labelled so that the normalization step be removed from the XML > processing, using a "ISO-10646-8" encoding name (for the UTF-8 > encoding scheme)?
No. The W3C rule is "Check normalization on input (parsing), create normalization on output (creating or transcoding)", and it applies to all encodings, since any character may be expressed in any encoding using character references. However, normalization checking is still a SHOULD even in XML 1.1, and at most a MAY (not actually mentioned at all) in XML 1.0, the current version. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!" --Gandalf
