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[idn] Re: back to the future
- To: amc@cs.berkeley.edu (Adam M. Costello)
- Subject: [idn] Re: back to the future
- From: Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:46:09 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:49:00 -0700
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
or just what IS that thing anyway?
the ":" in what encoding method?
We've had this discussion a couple of times
before and -always- end up in semantic ratholes.
Patricks ":" is conceptually different than the http ":".
To paraphrase from the good Doctor, speaking as
HumptyDumpty; "Glyphs mean want I want them to mean. The
question is who is to be master?"
Pick an encoding.
% James Seng <James@Seng.cc> wrote:
% > If RACE or some encoding which does not 7bit ASCII as-is is been
% > choosen (in otherwords, UTF-8 is out), then it _may_ be possible for
% > domain names to have ":" or punctations with some consideration put in
% > place without causing too much havoc.
%
% When I type http://foo:80/ into my browser, should it interpret that
% as host foo port 80, or as an internationalized host name containing a
% colon? How would I specify the other?
%
% AMC
--bill