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Re: [idn] Where to do form-folding?
- To: James Seng <James@Seng.cc>
- Subject: Re: [idn] Where to do form-folding?
- From: RJ Atkinson <rja@inet.org>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:26:30 -0400
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:30:49 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
At 08:38 21/07/00 , James Seng wrote:
>Dan Oscarsson wrote:
> > Right. The data on the wire will be different for the two cases.
> > In one the queried named will be form-folded, in the other all
> > character data will have the same format.
>
>Bingo! We should discuss if canonicalization should occur before it hits the wire or after, but lets not go into whether it should be
>in the library or in the application.
As a practical matter, not all applications can be relied upon
to perform this function correctly. Normalisation is already the
responsibility of the DNS resolver/client library in all
implementations, so it is quite reasonable to discuss it
in those terms on this list and in this WG, IMHO.
Ran
rja@inet.org