Re: [idn] nameprep vs. stringprep

["Edmon Chung" <edmon@neteka.com>]

Agreed... but not convinced that the CJK tables do not have an "intended"
use.  At least the T/SC table is already actively being used by a couple of
domain operators.

Edmon


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Nordmark" <Erik.Nordmark@sun.com>
To: "Edmon Chung" <edmon@neteka.com>
> > If this is so, why dont we also put in the mapping tables created by the
CJK
> > communities respectively on their particular issues (including jpchar
> > hangulchar and tsconv) into the Stringprep respository?  Nameprep will
not
> > need to choose these tables, while people can get the information from
those
> > valuable discussions at a common place and decide whether to implement
it
> > themselves.
>
> The tables currently in stringprep are only those that are going
> be used by an IETF standard. Thus as more IETF standards do I18N
> and need more stringprep profiles, stringprep might need additional
> tables.
>
> But adding tables to stringprep before there is an intended use for them
> seems problematic - the IETF would have no criteria for what tables would
> or would not go into stringprep.
>
>    Erik
>
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