Re: Update of charset windows-1252, draft 2

[Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>]

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 07:09:33PM -0700, Erik van der Poel wrote:
> 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."

I would recommend that the clause on cp1252 is removed, as cp1252 is
already a registered name in another registration, namely that from rfc
1345.

Best regards
keld

> 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
> >
> >