[idn] CDNC Final Comments on Last call of IDN drafts

["xiaodong lee" <lee@cnnic.net.cn>]

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Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Final Comments
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The following comments are made by CDNC:

1)Currently, IETF IESG has begun Last Call on the set of core
documents IDNA+NAMEPREP+PUNYCODE of IDN WG, but
the architecture of IDN defined in the above three documents
does not solve the traditional and simplified Chinese character
variant problem: it’s a half-baked solution for Chinese users.
That will cause serious delegation problem in the application
of Chinese Domain Name.

2)IETF IDN WG does not solve Chinese Domain Name technical
problems. Under the current condition, if IETF approves these
IDN drafts without publishing any complementary documents
simultaneously, registrars will open Chinese Domain Name
registration without considering the requirements of Chinese
Domain Name and Chinese Domain Name will fall into confusion.
This will damage Chinese Internet community seriously.

3)What’s more, it stands a good chance that software vendors
will not deploy or modify client software to support IDN too,
because the current so-called IDN solution is a defective solution,
which will be widely against end users, administrators and Chinese
Internet communities, and bring them into much trouble.

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Chinese Domain Name Consortium
CDNC Founding members: CNNIC, TWNIC, HKNIC/HKDNR, MONIC
Co-chair of CDNC: Qian Hualin, Professor
Co-chair of CDNC: Shian-Shyong Tseng, Professor
June 5, 2002
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