[idn] Working group focus -- and progress

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

Folks,

At 04:07 AM 8/31/2001, Patrik Fältström wrote:
>If a table existed which handled mappings between TC and SC, we could of
>course use it.
>...
>Further, you should not compare SC-TC equivalence with case folding inside
>one script, for example Latin. Instead you should compare with the fact
>that the same, and similar, characters exists in Greek, Latin and Cyrillic
>scripts. For example the character which looks like 'A'.


The second statement is the more important point:  It is the reason that 
this entire topic is entirely OUT OF SCOPE for this working group.  It is 
therefore the reason that the topic needs to be moved off of this list, so 
that the working group can work on finishing tasks that are WITHIN the charter.

There is a rumor that some people actually want to use the results of this 
working group, and that they want to use the results AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Having discussions that are outside the scope of the working group hurts 
that goal.

It does not matter that this discussion is both important and 
interesting.  What DOES matter is that it is causing further delay, for a 
working group effort that has already gone on much longer than it should have.

d/

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