Re: My prod at IDN requirements

["Martin J. Duerst" <duerst@w3.org>]

At 07:35 00/01/04 -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> Yes, I'm worried that someone will register <ASCII C> <Greek Omicron> 
> >> <ASCII M>.
> > Who would want to register this?
> 
> we are engineers, not psychologists (at least i am not:-).  if it is
> possible, then the result should be predictable, known, and 'correct'.

Okay. So what about the result being predictable in that if you
enter C-Omicron-M, then you get that domain, and if you enter C-O-M,
then you get that domain. Whether this is 'correct' may be in the
eye of the beholder, but we can definitely claim it is.


> > If put anywhere in print, what would be the chance that somebody types it
> > in correctly?
> 
> 0.99.  some net crazy will do it and scream if it is not 'right'.

Why 0.99? I would guess it is something like 0.00000000. In print,
people will see 'COM'. Even in Grece, extremely few people will
try to change keyboard configurations twice to get the O input as
an Omicron. Things may be a bit different for something like AOM
(where it will be either Alpha-Omicron-My or A-O-M).


Regards,   Martin.


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