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Re: [Auth]simplest logon design proposal
From: |
Charles Iliya Krempeaux |
Subject: |
Re: [Auth]simplest logon design proposal |
Date: |
31 Jul 2001 20:56:23 -0700 |
Hello,
On 01 Aug 2001 09:40:55 +1000, Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
>
> > Has any work been done on making the address standards
> > work with all countries.
> >
> > For example, very few countries have "states". Most countries
> > have "provinces"... others have different names for them. Also,
> > not everywhere calls it a "Postal Code", some places call it a
> > "Zip Code".
> >
> > Has anyone considered how this would work in a country-independent
> > fashion? (I'm pretty sure that making it work in all countries
> > is not as simple as changing the names either!!!)
>
> Be afraid. Be very afraid. Postal address stuff is a
> mess. However, there are a number of ISO and IETF
> standards (e.g. vCard) that attempt to address this
> problem. It is probably better to adopt their conventions
> than come up with yet another way of doing it. We can
> say "go see RFC XXXX for the details" and leave it at that.
>
There are also URI formats to handle telephone numbers too.
(That works in all different countries.) I don't know what
RFC it is... but I remember reading it though.
I suggest we use that.
See ya
Charles Iliya Krempeaux
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- Re: [Auth]simplest logon design proposal, Albert Scherbinsky, 2001/07/26
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- Re: [Auth]simplest logon design proposal, Rhys Weatherley, 2001/07/31
- Re: [Auth]simplest logon design proposal, Albert Scherbinsky, 2001/07/31
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