IETF defines this as part of one of the very early RFCs on SMTP, FTP, or
TELNET but has not defined it in a separate RFC. Essentially, it is 7-bit
ASCII (ANSI X3.4-1986) but the IETF may not include the ASCII control
characters.
Ed Hart
Edwin F. Hart
edwin.hart@jhuapl.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard, Francois M [mailto:Francois.M.Richard@usa.xerox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 08:15
To: Unicode List
Subject: RE: 8-bit ASCII
What is "US-ASCII" (frequently used by IETF)?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gallardo [mailto:dgallardo@mediaone.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:38 PM
> To: Unicode List
> Subject: Re: 8-bit ASCII
>
>
> No, the 8-bit ANSI standard (ANSI/ISO 8859-1-1987) does not
> include "ASCII"
> as part of its title. It is listed by ANSI as
> "8-Bit Single Byte Coded Graphic Character Sets - Part 1:
> Latin Alphabet No.
> 1"
>
> So, no, there is no such thing as 8-bit ASCII, though Latin 1
> is frequently
> referred to as such.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hart, Edwin F." <Edwin.Hart@jhuapl.edu>
> To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:59 AM
> Subject: 8-bit ASCII
>
>
> > I am unsure if "8-bit ASCII" is a well-defined term.
> "ASCII" implies
> > X3.4-1986 and the 7-bit ASCII code. It was my intention for ISO/IEC
> 8859-1
> > to be the 8-bit ASCII standard. When the US adopted ISO
> 8859-1 as a US
> > standard (ANSI/ISO 8859-1), as editor I asked ANSI to add
> "(8-bit ASCII)"
> to
> > the end of the title. I never purchased a copy to see if
> ANSI did this.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > Edwin F. Hart
> > edwin.hart@jhuapl.edu
> > The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
> > 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
> > Laurel, MD 20723-6099
> > USA
> > +1-443-778-6926 (Baltimore area)
> > +1-240-228-6926 (Washington, DC area)
> > +1-443-778-1093 (fax)
> > +1-240-228-1093 (fax)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cathy Wissink [mailto:cwissink@microsoft.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:25
> > To: Unicode List
> > Subject: RE: Perception that Unicode is 16-bit (was: Re:
> Surrogate space
> > i
> >
> >
> > The people who are responsible for this text have been made
> aware of the
> > problem. This will be updated for WindowsXP.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DougEwell2@cs.com [mailto:DougEwell2@cs.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:04 AM
> > To: Unicode List
> > Subject: Re: Perception that Unicode is 16-bit (was: Re:
> Surrogate space
> in
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2001-02-20 04:21:49 Pacific Standard Time,
> > KNAPPEN@ALPHA.NTP.SPRINGER.DE writes:
> >
> >
> > > Even 8-bit ASCII is a correct term meaning ISO-8859-1.
> >
> > I would question that. Understandable, yes, but not really correct.
> >
>
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