[Issue 1] Re: [Ietf-calsify] draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2445bis-01.txt / UTF-8

[Oliver Block]

Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2006 04:13 schrieb Bernard Desruisseaux:

> Let me try to put this another way. We need to decide and justify:
>
> 1- Whether we want to allow "multi-octet characters" to be split
>     across lines.
>
> Answer: No.
> Why   : Otherwise the resulting text would end up being invalid
>          in the specified encoding.
>
> 2- Whether we want to allow "combining character sequences" to be
>     split across lines.
>
> Answer: Yes.
> Why   : (1) I'm assuming that it is valid for a "combining
>          character" to be preceded by the LF character (but I
>          don't know this for a fact...), and thus the resulting
>          text would still be valid in the specified encoding
>          (but would sure "look" different).
>
>          (2) A "combining character sequence" could probably be
>          longer than 75 octets in *theory*! But I'm sure we would
>          never see this in practice though...
>
> With this approach:
>
> - You could open an iCalendar object specified in the charset 'X'
>    in any application that support 'X' without errors.
>
> - You would still need to unfold the iCalendar object to be able
>    to "interpret" all the characters properly.
>
> What do you think?

That's exactly how I understand your preceding proposal. Even if it did not 
mention combining character sequences. And that's how I understood Mark in 
his agreement on that issue.

Best Regards,

Oliver




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