Re: [idn] Question for the Kanji & Hanja cognosentee

["Soobok Lee" <lsb@postel.co.kr>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Thomson" <bthomson@fm-net.ne.jp>
 > 
> Right. I think we are making the same point here, which is that Japanese
> users think of Kanji as a Japanese script, distinct from Chinese and Korean
> scripts, and they will be dismayed if their domains are displayed in
> different script or 

Not always!
Future IDN-aware applications MAY carry the pre-normalization form of 
IDNs to display the original prefered forms of them .
This issue seems to be in the middle between application scope and iDN scope.

>if their registration of a Kanji name is blocked because of a
> prior registration of  the Chinese equivalent in a different script. 
>Of course if the
> characters used are actually identical, they would probably accept that the
> name was already taken.
> 
> 

It's wise for the registries  to give "already taken" message instead
of "blocked"  for registration failure  to avoid registrants'
complaints . :-))


Soobok Lee