Re: [idn] Document Status?

["Adam M. Costello" <idn.amc+0@nicemice.net.RemoveThisWord>]

"JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com> wrote:

> IDNA: every IDNA will be of the "iesg--xxxx" format.
>
> This creates a left to right hierarchy in the domain name space,
> conflicting with the right to left one.  This new hiearchy is related
> to a first function.  So this is a functional hierarchy.  Who will
> manage it, how, will it be recursive when new functions will be added?
> And most important point "which one has the lead"?

A single function does not constitute a hierarchy.  There will be
a single prefix that means "warning: this label might need to be
transformed in a certain way in order to be intelligible to users".
Theoretically, there could someday be a second prefix that means
something else, but nothing like that is even on the horizon, so it's
premature to be worrying about it.  If and when that time comes, the
questions you pose will be considered and answered.

> I cannot see any of these problems in my parallel domain scripting
> scheme, which only consists in hiding upper level labels including
> "--"?

I'm not sure I remember that scheme, but I think it involved
interdependencies between the labels in a name.  The working group
rejected all such schemes long ago.  Labels are often inspected and
manipulated individually, so it's best if IDNA does not introduce any
interdependencies between the labels in a name.

AMC