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Re: [idn] alpha v0.4
- To: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: Re: [idn] alpha v0.4
- From: James Seng <jseng@pobox.org.sg>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:00:09 +0800
- Delivery-date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:01:17 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
> IDN need only support DNS names that consist of characters normally used in
> words and names. These characters MAY include punctutation and symbols. IDN
> names MUST NOT control characters. The IDN protocol MUST specify which
> characters within any allowed charsets are not allowed in IDN names.
I think this is too vague. And "may" include punctutation and symbols is going
to be a problem which is going to haunt us later.
-James Seng
ps: U+263A.com ("white smiling face".com)