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Subject: Re: [URN] Please avoid "URNs are"
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> PLEASE avoid saying "URNs are XXX". Please use wording such
> as "URNs are noted on paper as XXX", "URNs are represented
> on computers in the following forms...", or "URNs represent
> characters from the following set..." or whatever.

I'm not sure how much difference it makes.  RFC 1737 requires
the following:

   o Single encoding: The encoding for presentation for people in clear
     text, electronic mail and the like is the same as the encoding in
     other transmissions.

Keith