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Re: [idn] International v. Universal

To: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@openldap.org>
Subject: Re: [idn] International v. Universal
From: John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:40:07 -0500
cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
In-Reply-To: <E167sr9-000OfI-00@psg.com>
References: <E167sr9-000OfI-00@psg.com>

--On Saturday, 24 November, 2001 09:13 -0800 "Kurt D. Zeilenga"
<Kurt@openldap.org> wrote:

> While we are 'internationalizing' the domain name system, what
> we hope to produce is a 'universal' domain system.  So, I'm
> considering renaming IDC to UDC (Universal Domain Component).

I think that walks straight into a religious war about languages
and scripts not yet represented in Unicode, to say nothing about
Martian, Jovian, Klingon, and other interplanetary,
intragalactic, etc., languages.  Why make yourself/ ourselves a
target?

   john

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