It is not necessary for openEHR to specify the encoding format (UTF-8, UTF-16, etc).
Since openEHR does not dictate an implementation or transport format, it does not need to -- and should not -- specify the character encoding format. Just saying text will be using the Unicode character set (and maybe indicating which particular version of Unicode is being used, version 4.0 is currently the latest) is sufficient. For example, if you are encoding openEHR records using XML, the XML format already has its own mechanism for identifying the character encoding of the document (the XML declaration, BOM, etc). Having the character encoding in the Entry would be meaningless and a potential source of conflict. Hoylen -- ______________________________________________ Dr Hoylen Sue h.sue at dstc.edu.au http://www.dstc.edu.au/ DSTC Pty Ltd --- Australian W3C Office +61 7 3365 4310 - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
