ok. I haven't looked at 2440, but with respect to line endings you
might refer the author to tech report (now annex) 13:
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr13/
hth
tex
Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> "Tex Texin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > Is someone constantly reviewing IETF documents (drafts and RFCs) which
> > > use UTF-8 or other Unicode-related technology?
>
> > Are there any specific documents that you are aware of that have
> > a problem or potential problem?
>
> So far, I've looked more closely at one RFC (2440, i.e. OpenPGP) and a
> draft (USEFOR), and in the case of USEFOR, there are a few minor
> problems, and an extremly severe, even dangerous one (it has to do
> with the use of Unicode in identifiers). I'm still investigating the
> situation (see my other message).
>
> OpenPGP uses a concept of line endings which is only adequate for
> ASCII text, and Unicode in identifiers as well (with only slight
> interoperability issues such as database queries). Usually, OpenPGP
> identifiers (i.e. user IDs) are not processed mechanically, so these
> is not a grave issue.
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