Bugs in IANA character-sets registry

[Dieter Köhler <d.k@philo.de>]

On 16 Apr 2002 I reported a couple of potential 
character-set registry bugs to this list.  Today 
I discovered that they still have not been 
addressed (I am referring to the IANA 
character-sets registry from 
"http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets";, 
last updated 2007-05-14).  Therefore I repeat the 
essential parts of the bug report here:

1. Probable Typos
-----------------

'csIBBM904' --> 'csIBM904'

'csUnknown8BiT' --> 'csUnknown8Bit'

Entry of ISO-10646-J-1 is missing a MIBenum 
(probably 1004) and a 'cs...' alias.



2. Other missing 'cs...' aliases
--------------------------------

For the entries of MIBenum 53, 1011 to 1015 and 
the entries at the end of the list, beginning 
with 'windows-1250', no 'cs...' aliases are provided.



3. ISO-8859-... aliases
-----------------------

The lists of aliases for the entries of 
'ISO-8859-13', 'ISO-8859-15' and 'ISO-8859-16' 
seem to be incomplete.  The alias lists are 
shorted than for other ISO-8859 character sets.  Is this with intention?


4. Unassigned MIBenums
---------------------

In the first region of MIBenums running to 112 
the two numbers 107 and 108 are assigned.  Is this with intention?


5. Preferred MIME Name
----------------------

No details on the meaning of the "preferred MIME 
name" annotations are given. I suggest adding a clarification in the preamble.


Regards

Dieter Köhler


Dr. Dieter Köhler, M.A.
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Institut für Philosophie und
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