Re: [idn] IDN rechartering rev 3, and nameprep

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

At 12:32 AM 11/13/2001 +0000, David Hopwood wrote:
>Dave Crocker wrote:
> > Nov 2001        domain name identifiers normalization draft last call
>
>This is completely unrealistic. There are many unresolved issues concerning
>normalisation.

         As someone who knows how to develop Internet standards, but knows 
nothing at all about character sets, languages or character normalization, 
I will offer a reaction (and eager solicit comments from the relevant 
document authors):

         What you have listed appears to be and interesting list. Some of 
the items do look like they need to be resolved.  Others appear to be 
important topics that do NOT need to be resolved *by this groups* or *at 
this time*.

         To the extent that items need to be resolved, then the discussions 
to resolve them need to happen.  The ones that I know DO need to be resolved:

>  - what set of characters to disallow (the current spec arguably
>    allows too much)

         definitely needs to be done.  anyone not agreeing with the 
contents of the current drafts should specify alternate tables.


>  - the definition of "stored" and "request" strings in stringprep

         ok.  please offer definitions.

d/

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