Shawn Steele
2007-06-12 19:33:59 UTC
Please review updates to windows 1255. I used the feedback we had last year for 1252 to guide this request.
Thanks,
Shawn
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Charset name: windows-1255
Charset aliases: (None)
Suitability for use in MIME text:
Yes, windows-1255 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text"
Content-Type. Note that windows-1255 is an 8-bit charset. Care should
be taken to choose an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.
Published specification(s):
1) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1255.htm
ISO 10646 equivalency table:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1255.TXT
Additional information:
UTF-8 is preferred to windows-1255 when permissible.
Although not authoritative, the following references may also be of
interest:
Printed mapping table:
Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition",
Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 758-762.
Microsoft windows extended "best fit" behavior:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit1255.txt
This is an update of an existing registration of this charset. This
charset name is in use.
This charset is also known as Windows Code Page 1255 or cp1255 for
short; these are NOT aliases.
The graphic (non-control) characters of Windows-1255 are a superset of
the graphic characters of the ISO-8859-8 charset. See the range 80 to
9F (hex).
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Shawn Steele
Email: ***@microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052
U.S.A.
Intended usage:
Thanks,
Shawn
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Charset name: windows-1255
Charset aliases: (None)
Suitability for use in MIME text:
Yes, windows-1255 is suitable for use with subtypes of the "text"
Content-Type. Note that windows-1255 is an 8-bit charset. Care should
be taken to choose an appropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding.
Published specification(s):
1) http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/sbcs/1255.htm
ISO 10646 equivalency table:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WINDOWS/CP1255.TXT
Additional information:
UTF-8 is preferred to windows-1255 when permissible.
Although not authoritative, the following references may also be of
interest:
Printed mapping table:
Dr. International "Developing International Software, Second Edition",
Microsoft Press, ISBN 0-7356-1583-7, 2003, p. 758-762.
Microsoft windows extended "best fit" behavior:
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/MICSFT/WindowsBestFit/bestfit1255.txt
This is an update of an existing registration of this charset. This
charset name is in use.
This charset is also known as Windows Code Page 1255 or cp1255 for
short; these are NOT aliases.
The graphic (non-control) characters of Windows-1255 are a superset of
the graphic characters of the ISO-8859-8 charset. See the range 80 to
9F (hex).
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Shawn Steele
Email: ***@microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052
U.S.A.
Intended usage: