Unicode and whitespace

["Denenberg, Ray" <rden@loc.gov>]

TC members- 

On the recent Public Review, whose period has ended, there were three comments. I have responded to all three. 

I responded on my own so at this point those responses represent my personal view rather than official positions of the TC, but they were all fairly straightforward (except one; see below). Still, if you have anything to add, or wish to take issue with anything I said, please do so.  

However on one comment I did not fully respond. The question was "is CQL Unicode compliant?" I would like suggestions on how to respond to that question. We never considered it, and I am not even sure it is a meaningful question for CQL.  

And there was the related question "what is considered to be whitespace?" To which I responded "one or more consecutive whitespace characters". Which might be a useful answer or it may simply sidestep the question if the intent was to ask what the whitespace characters are. So, I ask for your opinions on this: is my response sufficient, or do we need to specify what the whitespace characters are; I hope not, but if so, what are they?

Thanks.

--Ray