Re: APNG iDNS Requirement

[C C Magnus Gustavsson <mag@lysator.liu.se>]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, James Seng wrote:

> C C Magnus Gustavsson wrote:
> > Let's not create yet another broken standard but instead do it right from
> > the beginning. Let's aim at using UTF-8 instead of UTF-5 and let's design
> > the requirements from the point of view that even standards sometimes need
> > to be fixed.
> 
> Why should it be UTF-8? Or for that matter UTF-5, if I ever mention it? More
> so, why should we even restrict to Unicode or ISO10646? Why couldnt it be in
> some other encoding, for example ISO2022? 
> 
> We are drafting a requirement document. Too strict will results in only
> limited possible future solutions. Lets not limit our possiblity so early.
> Lets keep our option open.

It wasn't my intention to limit any possibilities, only to exemplify my 
comments on the APNG iDNS requirements. Look at them as nothing more than 
examples of good and bad approaches. It's a matter of what philosophy to 
use when specifying the requirements.

/Magnus