Re: [idn] Determining equivalence in Unicode DNS names

["James Seng/Personal" <jseng@pobox.org.sg>]

btw, personally, I think the use of DNAME is a reasonable solution for
cases which Nameprep cant handle , e.g. language dependent (Nameprep
handles scripts only) etc

-James Seng

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Seng/Personal" <jseng@pobox.org.sg>
To: "Stuart Cheshire" <cheshire@apple.com>; "Dave Crocker"
<dhc@dcrocker.net>
Cc: <idn@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [idn] Determining equivalence in Unicode DNS names


> Stuart,
>
> Since you just join the list, you may want to take a look at our
website
> and the mailing list archives at http://www.i-d-n.net/
>
> The points you raised (and it is valid) have been discussed before
which
> is partially answered in Nameprep. It is one dead horse we need not
whip
> again.
>
> The use of DNAME as a solution was also discussed before. It is a
> solution that is neither accepted nor rejected by the WG.
>
> -James Seng
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Cheshire" <cheshire@apple.com>
> To: "Dave Crocker" <dhc@dcrocker.net>
> Cc: <idn@ops.ietf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [idn] Determining equivalence in Unicode DNS names
>
>
> >In other words, the task of IDN is entirely solvable,
> >as long as we do not define the task to be too broad.
>
> I can see how my statement could be misinterpreted, so please allow me
> to
> clarify.
>
> I did not mean to say that IDN cannot succeed. I'm quite sure that IDN
> can and will succeed.
>
> What I meant to say is not solvable, is the task of defining a single
> set
> of Unicode equivalence rules that is appropriate in every culture in
> every country around the world. It may simply be the case that under
UK
> trademark law the names Pépsi and Pepsi are deemed to be same, while
> under French trademark law they are deemed to be quite different.
(That
> may be a terrible example; if so I apologize, and welcome a better
> example of a case where different cultures have different rules of
name
> equivalence.)
>
> Hence my question was whether DNAME might provide an answer, to free
IDN
> from the equivalence debate, by allowing equivalence to be determined
> locally on a per-zone basis.
>
> Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com>
>  * Wizard Without Portfolio, Apple Computer
>  * Chairman, IETF ZEROCONF
>  * www.stuartcheshire.org
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