[idn] Re: I-D ACTION:draft-jseng-idn-admin-04.txt,.pdf

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

Hi all,

Please take note that JET have no further modification to this I-D and 
will be submitting it to the RFC Editor for publication.

If anyone has any comments on the I-D, please do so soon.

Thank you.

-James Seng

Internet-Drafts@ietf.org wrote:

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> 	Title		: Internationalized Domain Names Registration and 
>                           Administration Guideline for Chinese, Japanese and 
>                           Korean
> 	Author(s)	: J. Seng et al.
> 	Filename	: draft-jseng-idn-admin-04.txt,.pdf
> 	Pages		: 20
> 	Date		: 2003-7-24
> 	
> Achieving internationalized access to domain names raises many complex 
> issues.  These are associated not only with basic protocol design--such 
> as how names are represented on the network, compared, and converted to 
> appropriate forms--but also with issues and options for deployment, 
> transition, registration, and administration.  
> The IETF Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Working Group focused its 
> efforts on the development of a standards-track specification for access 
> to domain names in a range of scripts that is broader in scope than the 
> original ASCII.  During its efforts, it became clear that the appearance 
> of characters with similar appearances and/or interpretations created 
> potential for confusion, as well as difficulties in deployment and 
> transition, and that those issues could best be addressed 
> administratively rather than through restrictions embedded in the 
> protocols.  
> This document is an effort of the Joint Engineering Team (JET), a group 
> composed of members of CNNIC, TWNIC, KRNIC, and JPNIC as well as other 
> individual experts.  It offers guidelines for zone administrators -- 
> including but not limited to registry operators and registrars -- and 
> information for all domain names holders on the administration of domain 
> names that contain characters drawn from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean 
> scripts.  Other language groups are encouraged to develop their own 
> guidelines as needed, based on these guidelines if that is helpful.
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