Re: [idn] opting out of SC/TC equivalence

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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ben wrote:
> Although the current ccTLDs and gTLDs will work for IDNs, they cannot
> totally satisfy the needs of the users of CDNs.  Another type of TLD
> must be created and I will tentatively call it lsTLDs (Language Script
> TLDs).  lsTLDs are in native language script... not English- thus
> bringing out the issue of <IDN>.<IDN> that ICANN has already expressed
> their interest in.

I don't see why there would be any technical problem associated with
having non-ASCII TLDs. They're just like any other label, except that
the first octet must not be US-ASCII '0'-'9' (to allow a domain name to
be distinguished from an IPv4 address).

(Obviously there are plenty of political problems associated with adding
any TLD, but that's ICANN's problem.)

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