Re: [idn] proposed i18n naming rules

["ben" <ben@cc-www.com>]

Hi Eric,

From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
 > DNS doesn't store the separator. The only place the separator
appears is
> in domain names that are written-out and stored in data streams. And
since
> the separators are not encapsulated in the labels (they are
separators not
> data), they are not subject to encoding, and therefore would always
appear
> between encoded labels (including ACE labels). So really you are
asking
> about domain names as they appear in protocol and/or application
data. You
> would have to update every protocol and application that processes
domain
> names in order for Chinese Full Stop to be usable as a label
separator
> everywhere that a domain name was encoded or encapsulated.
>

If it is not possible to update all the protocol and application, then
how about just mapping the Chinese Full Stop to the English Full Stop
(as suggested by the authors of TSCONV-03.txt).  Would that be a
simpler solution (atleast for now)?

Thanks,
Ben