Re: Multilingual Computing #32

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@compuserve.com)
Date: Fri May 19 2000 - 23:41:02 EDT


"James E. Agenbroad" <jage@loc.gov> wrote:

> On page 33 in an article about multilingual domain names, 'UTF-5' is
> mentioned: "... the client converts to address to UTF-5 (ASCII)." Is
> there a TR or other write-up on UTF-5 that I could obtain to learn more
> about it? TIA.
 
Start with:

http://ftp.univie.ac.at/netinfo/internet-drafts/draft-jseng-utf5-01.txt

If the article mentions the application of UTF-5 in any detail, I would
be interested in a synopsis. I still have major questions about how
a UTF-5 implementation is expected to find the boundaries between what
is encoded and what is not.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California



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