Re: [idn] International v. Universal

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:40 AM 2001-11-25, John C Klensin wrote:
>--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?

Well, obviously, I was already a target.  I guess I should have
just ducked.   Please consider my suggestion withdrawn.

Kurt