I believe Gavin Nicol to be an expert in i18n. I believe Gavin Bell to be
an expert on the VRML file format. Both of them believe in UTF8. VRML is
a new format for representing 3D worlds, not a text formatting language.
We want to give the ability for anyone in the world to represent
characters in his or her language in a text string. UTF8/Unicode with a
language field accomplishes this.
Let's just support UTF8. It will be painful for a small number of authors
until decent authoring tools become available, then the problem goes away.
-- chris marrin Silicon http://www.sgi.com/Products/WebFORCE/WebSpace (415) 390-5367 Graphics http://reality.sgi.com/employees/cmarrin/ [email protected] Inc. "As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell."