Re: [idn] Re: idn-uri document

[Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@sun.com>]

> URIs [RFC 2396] uses the same restrictions as STD3. I think it
> therefore makes sense to also use these restrictions in this
> upgrade.
> 
> On the other hand, while URI syntax contains these checks, URI
> implementations are supposed to not check (because they would need
> scheme-specific knowledge to do so, which would restrict
> deployment of new schemes (even more than it's currently restricted)).

Hmm, is this captured in some specification?

Clearly(?) URI parsers will have to enforce some syntax
checks e.g. in order to tell which part of a URI is
a domain name.

  Erik