Re: [idn] [Fwd: I-D ACTION:draft-hall-dm-idns-00.txt]

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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"Eric A. Hall" wrote:
> draft-hall-dm-idns-00.txt was published this morning as an independent
> submission which defines namespace and protocol extensions that allow for
> the use of internationalized domain names in DNS and applications, either
> as UTF-8 or STD13-compliant sequences, as desired by the participating
> systems and their managers.
> 
> As per the last guidance from the WG chairs, seven supporters are needed
> for this proposal to become a WG action item. Please review the draft and
> let me know if you think this is something the WG should be working on. I
> have 1 vote, already, of course. :)

Although I have lots of reservations (mainly on grounds of complexity) about
the IDNS approach, I think it should certainly be in the WG pool, so you
have my vote. Reading this draft has helped quite a bit in preparing my
own draft.

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