Re: [idn] Working group focus -- and progress

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> 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.
...
> 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.

...regardless of whether or not those results work well.

yes, I am quite sure that you are correct.

it's also clear that any DNS-compatible solution will have significant 
problems with transcription (either written to typed or audible to typed)
in some languages.

addressing this may be out of scope for this WG, but that doesn't mean
that IDNs can be made to work well without addressing it.

and yet this WG clearly lacks sufficient expertise to solve this problem 
no matter what the WG charter says.

it appears that the best this WG can do is 

	- identify known limitations with its approach

	- state any known workarounds for those limitations

	- define or suggest some mechanism (if any can be found)
	  for the IDN resolution infrastructure to be upgraded
	  at a later date to better solve the transcription problems.

Keith