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

[liana.ydisg@juno.com]

Agree.  That is the reason we have to do this standard.

Liana

On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:50:22 -0400 "ben" <ben@cc-www.com> writes:
> > Hi, Ben,
> >    .tw is used mostly by users who want TC characters,
> > and .cn users mostly wants SC characters.  As a service
> 
> "used mostly" is not good enough.  Either they use all TC or all SC.
> If not, then there must be a SC/TC equivalence
> 
> > provider, you can display .tw as .taiwan in TC, and display
> > .cn as .china in SC character set.   When people click on
> > the URL, you send out .tw to DNS instead of .taiwan in TC.
> > This way you can provide what the user wants to see
> > without bother DNS.
> 
> Yes, you are correct that .tw is the same as <.taiwan> and .cn is 
> the
> same as <.china>- BUT ONLY if the either the ISP or the client
> downloaded special software.  Also, TC and SC are used 
> interchangeably
> regardless of country so <.taiwan> does not mean TC and <.china> 
> does
> not mean SC.  That is the whole point of TC<->SC equivalence.
> 
> Thanks
> Ben Chan
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Liana
> >
> > On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 09:54:56 -0400 "ben" <ben@cc-www.com> writes:
> > > Hi Liana,
> > >
> > > I am not sure I understand what you are trying to say.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ben Chan
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <liana.ydisg@juno.com>
> > > To: <edmon@neteka.com>
> > > Cc: <liana.ydisg@juno.com>; <klensin@research.att.com>;
> > > <idn@ops.ietf.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 3:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [idn] opting out of SC/TC equivalence
> > >
> > >
> > > You got my point wrong.  We are not in the same discussion
> > > space.  SC=TC discussion is only regarding font difference.
> > > The semantics are basicaly the same, but the reader groups
> > > are different.  It may be said, this is analogy to Latin 
> uppercase
> > > and lowercase folding.   As a registrant, if the choice is two
> > > places: SC+TC, then it is a reality already, we don't need this
> > > standard discussion right now.   And to Ben Chan also,
> > >  we have TLD are doing exactly the same thing:  .tw and .cn
> > > too.  As a server provider, you may choose to display .tw in TC,
> and
> > > cn
> > > in SC as an equivalent solution to your suggestion without
> > > get into this WG.
> > >
> > > Liana
> > >
> 
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