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Re: [idn] Comments on protocol drafts
- To: Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
- Subject: Re: [idn] Comments on protocol drafts
- From: RJ Atkinson <rja@inet.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:48:13 +0000
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 06:47:05 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
At 15:46 15-02-00 , Bill Manning wrote:
>% so I can't comment, but it is unlikely to have anyone
>% wishing to use that in domain names. Of course, the
>% Premier Zhu Rongqi has one of his missing from the
>% GB (or even Unicode), so there are unusual characters currently in use
>% that are missing. So we might not be able to have a URL with his
>% full name but that is a not a dns-specific problem for us to address.
>%
>% tin wee
>
> Hum, perhaps this is a case of diminishing returns, but
> why should we disinfranchise the Premier of the characters
> he needs for his name? Either we are providing for true
> internationalization or we are only providing an "80%"
> solution. If we are only providing an "80%" solution,
> then I'd prefer to stick with ASCII.
Bill,
The fix for that particular example is for ISO to add the
missing character(s) to ISO-10646. There is a known process for
such additions to the coded character set. This process is outside
the IETF's scope.
Ran