[idn] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-dunce-00.txt

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	Title		: DUNCE: A proposal for a Definitely Unencumbered New 
                          Compatible [ACE] Encoding
	Author(s)	: J. Klensin
	Filename	: draft-ietf-idn-dunce-00.txt
	Pages		: 8
	Date		: 24-Apr-01
	
This document describes a transformation method for representing
non-ASCII characters in host name parts in a fashion that is
completely compatible with the current DNS. It is a potential
candidate for an ASCII-Compatible Encoding (ACE) for
internationalized host names, as described in the comparison
document from the IETF IDN Working Group.  This method is based
exclusively on long-established mechanisms for denoting the
positions of characters in tables, but included variations for
compressing that information, also based on long-established
mechanisms.

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