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Re: Registering a charset alias

To: Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
Subject: Re: Registering a charset alias
From: "Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:47:07 +0900
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On 2009/08/28 10:03, Ned Freed wrote:

>> Very important indeed. There is a big difference between tolerating
>> existing crap and generating, or encouraging the generation, of new crap.
>
> Nicely put. I completely agree. Perhaps we need two fields, one for
> legitimate
> aliases that are OK to use, and another "aka" field for labels known to be
> used in the wild but which are expressly not recommended.

Well, the way I see it, everything except what's labeled "(preferred 
MIME name)", or the name if there is no such label, shouldn't be used at 
all.

Regards,    Martin.

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References:
- Registering a charset alias
  - From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- RE: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- RE: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Shawn Steele <Shawn.Steele@microsoft.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Markus Scherer <markus.icu@gmail.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Erik van der Poel <erikv@google.com>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: "Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- Re: Registering a charset alias
  - From: Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>

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