Unicode in vCard21

[Generation NeXT <macnerd2k@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was reading through the spec, and I was not exactly
clear as to how syntactily I could specify UTF-16BE,
UTF-16LE, UTF-8, etc.

I noticed that Apple's OSX mail program saves Japanese
contacts into UTF16 format when it is dragged to the
desktop.  I looked into the file and found that the
exported VCF card doesn't specify the encoding
anywhere.  I am guessing that the mail program just
checks the BOM (Byte Order Marker) to determine if (1)
it is UTF-16, and (2) if it's LE (Little Endian) or BE
(Big Endian), but I don't know for sure.

I'm going to see if I can get a Japanese Windows up to
see what they do.

The purpose behind this scheme is to create a library
that will support CJK contacts in UNICODE with support
for VCF.  I'm doing this as a personal project, but
then who knows this might be useful to others.  The
library should work it already existing
implementations, despite how flawed they may be.

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