RE: [saml-dev] Encoding of URI in "Alternative SAML Artifact Form at"

["Kremp, Juergen" <juergen.kremp@sap.com>]

>Hi Yuji, Juergen:

>You have pointed out a missing piece in the non-normative
>"Alternative Format" in the binding doc. 

>Would it be adequate to specify UTF-8 as the 
>default charset to be used here?


>- prateek



Hi Prateek,

UTF-8 is my encoding of choice for a possible implementation.
The RFC2396 Yuri pointed out uses US-ASCII as default for URI's, so that UTF-8 is correct for the US-ASCII subset and the best choice if other characters might appear in URI's in the future.

Juergen