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Subject: Re: [office] Fwd: [odf-devel] ODF & ITS
Hello Dave, Dave Pawson wrote: >On 22/03/06, Charles-H.Schulz <charles-h.schulz@arsaperta.com> wrote: > > > >>In theory, if you use an encoding that is different from utf-8 the xml >>files will get broken and so will be the entire document (at least it >>won't be human readable). >> >> > > All XML processors MUST accept the UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings of >Unicode [Unicode]; > >sourced from >http://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#charsets > >If what you say is incorrect, then ODF isn't an XML application? > > No, I'm just saying that xml processors seem to work sometimes with non UTF compliant encodings. Besides, and that's the main point, a migration or the forced use of UTF-8 encodings may stirr problems in some cases and some parts of the world. I am thinking especially to some eastern european languages, but surely some asian and CTL languages are affected as well. Now, all this is not a real xml problem, it is an encoding problem. But in the context of the ODF development, it may be worth taking a look at potential work arounds. Best, -- Charles-H.Schulz, Associé / Associate, Ars Aperta.
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