Valdis,
I think your example underscores the difference between localization
of an interface to make use of local language/script and globalization
that permits interworking among all parties, independent of their local
language and script.
the confusion between these two (familiar user
Valdis,
VKve Mark actually *does* have a *very* valid point - on today's internet, if you
1. The goal is to go beyond today's internet. (But then, that is always the
goal of a new standard.)
2. Although the primary focus of IETF work is to make standards for global
interoperability, there are
Ummm, I'm not a Genius of E-mail, but I have sent a few. :-}
The very-helpful scenario Valdis included a couple of notes back (if
we punt on common ability to use Latin glyphs) has happened in my
life, at the presentation level - I've been swapping e-mail back and
forth with some very talented
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:13:55 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Forget Mongolian. Think Chinese and Hindi, plus related languages that
use their character sets. Between the two of them you have nearly 3
billion potential users, i.e. half the world's population. Admittedly
not all of them are
On Thu October 30 2003 07:49, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
leaking between two non-Latin
enclaves is where the rubber meets the road,
Specifically, two enclaves with *different* non-Latin character sets.
(Probably what you meant, but)
I've worked with too many smart people from
JSI seen John and Paul proposal but I have not seen Michel. Is there a draft that I
can read
JSup?
I don't have a proposal. I am listed there as a co-editor of the IRI spec which has a
peripheral impact on the IEA (such as extending the URI mailto scheme). Like many I am
listening with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:32:46 +0800, James Seng said:
to your opinion but please do so in other place, and not here. The group
is suppose to work on Internationalization of Email address
(identifiers), not debate whether we need it or not.
Any group that addresses
At 01:24 30/10/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:33:31 +0800, Tan Tin Wee said:
snip
If whatever Mongolia was doing was guaranteed to stay in Mongolia, it wouldn't
be an issue. However, people inside the enclave *will* want to communicate
with outsiders as well - and the
