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[idn] Roundup on optional characters
- To: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Subject: [idn] Roundup on optional characters
- From: Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman@imc.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:37:39 -0700
- Delivery-date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:39:33 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
A few themes have emerged from this discussion:
- Some people like the idea of optional characters in scripts where
there are common use for them. Of the people who actually chose
between (a) [optional], (b) [prohibited], and (c) [allowed as
normal], they chose (a).
- Some people believe that the IETF is not the right place for this
decision, mostly pointing towards the Unicode Consortium. It was
noted that the Unicode Consortium hasn't done anything with optional
characters yet and, if it does in the future, it won't affect the
canonicalization in UTR 15 (which is stable for currently-assigned
characters).
- There may be other scripts for which optional character treatment
is relevant (although no one has given any specifics).
If there is not general agreement, I'll leave this part of the
nameprep document as it is now, which is essentially the same as
choosing (c) [allowed as normal].
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium