Re: [idn] Debunking the ACE myth

[Mark.Andrews@nominum.com]

> At 13:16 01/07/23 -0500, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> 
> [Paul Hoffman wrote:]
> 
> > > Not true. ACE names are quite easy to pick out of document content:
> > > they have the name prefixes.
> >
> >This assumes that it wasn't written and stored in transliterated form. I
> >would think that the native format will be the most common for
> >user-written material (especially email bodies), not ACE. This goes
> >against the original argument.
> 
> And please let's not forget: There is at least one form where
> if things are going to work, ACE won't be used. That's paper.
> If anybody is so stupid to buy an IDN to put its ACE on paper,
> s/he can of course do that, but I doubt that's what many
> people would want to do.

	Just same way as they don't put the real numbers after
	1 800 SOMENUMBER (1 800 7663686237).  It they want you
	to contact them then the ace form is quite likely to
	be there as well.

	Mark
> 
> 
> Regards,   Martin.
> 
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