Re: Update of charset windows-1252, draft 2

[Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>]

As far as I can tell, Microsoft Internet Explorer does not support the
name cp1252. I think we should either remove it from the registration,
or change it to say something like "The cp1252 name is sometimes used
in other contexts for this charset, but it is not an alias for general
Internet use."

Erik

On 10/25/06, Martin Duerst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote:
> This looks good to me, except for two points:
>
> - I'd like to get a word from Mike to make sure that he/Microsoft
>   is fine with this.
> - There is a confusion about aliases. It says "aliases: None",
>   but then later says "Another name that is sometimes used for
>   this charset is cp1252.". I think it is important to make it
>   clear that this is not an alias.
>
> Reagards,     Martin.
>
>
> At 01:26 06/10/25, Erik van der Poel wrote:
> >Based on all the feedback on the windows-1252 update, here is draft no. 2.
> >
> >Erik
> >
> >---------------------------
> >
> >Charset name: windows-1252
> >
> >Charset aliases: (None)
> >
> >Suitability for use in MIME text:
> >
> >Yes, windows-1252 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text"
> >Content-Type. Note that windows-1252 is an 8-bit charset. Care should
> >be taken to choose the appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.
> >
> >Published specification(s):
> >
> >1) Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition",
> >Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 743-747
> >
> >2) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1252.htm
> >
> >ISO 10646 equivalency table:
> >
> >http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1252.TXT
> >
> >Additional information:
> >
> >This is an update of an existing registration of this charset. This
> >charset name is in use.
> >
> >Older versions of this charset have been registered as
> >ISO-8859-1-Windows-3.0-Latin-1 and ISO-8859-1-Windows-3.1-Latin-1.
> >
> >Another name that is sometimes used for this charset is cp1252.
> >
> >The graphic (non-control) characters of Windows-1252 are a superset of
> >the graphic characters of the ISO-8859-1 charset. See the range 80 to
> >9F (hex).
> >
> >Microsoft has also published the table used with the "best fit"
> >feature in their APIs:
> >
> >http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit1252.txt
> >http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/readme.txt
> >
> >Person & email address to contact for further information:
> >
> >Mike Ksar
> >Email: mikeksar@microsoft.com
> >
> >Microsoft Corporation
> >One Microsoft Way,
> >Redmond, WA 98052
> >U.S.A.
> >
> >Intended usage: COMMON
>
>
> #-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
> #-#-#  http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp       mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp
>
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