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+ | === ASCII vs. UTF-8 for Text Output === | ||
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+ | As of 2013-10-09, it is not clear whether or not the text output will be ASCII or UTF-8. The following assumes ASCII. If the format is UTF-8, then the following is wrong. | ||
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+ | The text-only format must have the same character-set limitations as the current RFC format. For new RFCs that have non-ASCII characters in them, each such character must be represented as // | ||
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+ | //Dave thinks: disagree with the above paragraph. I'm leaning towards saying there should be a separate UTF-8 (e.g. .utf8) text version. | ||
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+ | //Paul thinks: if there are two versions, the .txt should be UTF-8 and the ASCII version should be .asc. If there is an all-ASCII version, we need to ask the authors how they want their names (mis)spelled in ASCII.// | ||
Initial proposal: There should be multiple text outputs: ASCII-only with page breaks, ASCII-only without page breaks, UTF-8 with page breaks, UTF-8 without page breaks. | Initial proposal: There should be multiple text outputs: ASCII-only with page breaks, ASCII-only without page breaks, UTF-8 with page breaks, UTF-8 without page breaks. |