On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda@icann.org> wrote:
Is ASCII format a synonym for plain text or is the proposal actually to force the use of ASCII rather than a more modern character encoding?
As of right now, it really does mean ASCII as full UTF-8 was too controversial and there was no hard need for it. FWIW, IETF is moving towards having the actual text in ASCII-only and allowing UTF-8 in metadata like author names. This allows easing in something new while still remaining 100% backwards-compatible. For the record, I am fine with all three of those options and will not push towards any of those. Whichever has the highest likelihood of reaching consensus has my support. There already has been a _lot_ of effort behind the scenes and I would like to see this implemented ASAP :) -- Richard