Re: [idn] Why follow IDNA with UTF-8?

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> We should differ between "the holy master file format" and what users _can_
> use for entering data into their DNS server.
> 
> I think we are in agreement but have problems stating what it is.

perhaps we should state things in terms of "exchange format" and "local format".

"exchange format" is the format used to exchange zones in a flat file;
DNS implementations should be able to dump and accept zones in that format.
for the time being, it should use ACE, for compatibility with old DNS 
implementations.

"local format" can be anything the DNS implementation wants (web form input,
XML, S-expressions, Morse code, whatever) and the standard shouldn't place any 
restrictions on it.

Keith