That leaves ASCII, a few forms of PDF, and RFC 5198-conforming UTF-8.
That wouldn't bother me much, but be careful what you wish form.
What we have been told is that the rationale behind the use of ASCII and
several other formats
is that they will remain readable on devices that will be used X years hence.
ASCII is already unreadable on many popular devices
and in a few years will be no better than old versions of word.
I am referring to the fact that more and more people are reading
documents on cell-phones and other small devices.
According to analysts, this will be the most popular platform for reading
material from the Internet within a few years.
The ASCII art used in RFCs becomes hopelessly mangled and unreadable,
while the rest of the text is merely hard to read.
On the other hand, were the figures to be in any format that preserves their
integrity,
one would see a small depiction that could be enlarged as necessary.
So I suggest removing ASCII from the list,
as ASCII art will not be readable on mainstream devices in the near future.
Y(J)S
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