Re: well-formedness error

[Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:27 AM -0700 6/18/04, Tim Bray wrote:
> You know, we could specify that Atom MUST always be encoded in UTF-8 
> and/or that the root element must be <Atøm>.  Then, we'd have 
> belt-and-suspenders safety in the face of the most deranged encoding 
> breakage.  No, that's probably not a serious suggestion. -Tim

Disclaimer: I'm an interop person, not a developer.

Given the number of edge cases this thread has brought out (many of 
which have bitten developers over the years), I think that mandating 
UTF-8 is a reasonable serious suggestion. It would eliminate all the 
edge conditions by saying "if you create something using other than 
UTF-8, I assure you I will not be able to figure it out". That should 
cause folks on the creation side to fall into place quickly.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium