Re: [idn] IDN refocus, v4

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

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Dave Crocker wrote:
> At 03:52 PM 11/19/2001 -0600, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> >There is a stated need for a clearer focus on WG output.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> That is what the new charter that is being forwarded to the IESG achieves.

No, the new draft charter includes this text:

# Hence this enhancement to the DNS
# involves only end-user software.  In particular software that needs to
# be changed is restricted to:  DNS client.  No other modules will need
# to be changed.

which is an unnecessary and undesirable restriction, that none of the
current proposals (including IDNA [*]) comply to - and in fact that is
impossible to comply to given the requirements. There is no place for
this kind of statement in a WG charter, and there is no concensus on
it, rough or otherwise.


[*] IDNA requires changes to end-user software that does not act as a
    DNS client, and to DNS administrative interfaces.

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