I would like to clarify several points on the "Invalid XML or unsupported
high-end ASCII".

1) High end ASCII is supported by our software as long as it is properly UTF-8
encoded when it is sent to OpenSRS server, our client takes care of this
automatically, however you might experience those problems if you use
other client implementations that do not UTF-8 encode high end ASCII
characters.

2) Several registries do not support high-end ASCII at the registry level
(.biz and .info), which was the problem in you case according to the logs. I am
not sure how to help you here since it is registry limitation.

3) It also appears that our current client implementation is not fully
compatible with perl 5.6.1 and we are working on a 5.6.1 compatible
release/workaround. I'll ask Chuck to post any further updates once they become
available.

4) We are planning to ensure that all XML sent to OSRS server is properly
encoded, something we were very liberal about in the past, improperly encoded
XML might be declined since passing bogus information to our DB and registries
creates whole bunch of other problems.

5) Some of our production machines are still affected (batch.opensrs.net is one
example) and we are very hard to ensure the problem is fixed there ASAP.

Feel free to email me directly if you have any further concerns.

-- 

Leonid Igolnik

OpenSRS Developer

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Charles Daminato wrote:

> Ok...
>
> Multilingual characters can be passed via the API, but they must be encoded
> first.  The problem is that XML::Parser does not handle multilingual
> characters properly (I hope some dev person can help me out on the details
> here).
>
> You *can* get these characters into the system, but they cannot be sent via
> the API in raw format, they must be encoded (I think it's the &XXX; format)
>
> Charles Daminato
> OpenSRS Product Manager
> Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jose Luis Moya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: January 9, 2002 2:09 PM
> > To: Charles Daminato; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: Horacio
> > Subject: Re: "Invalid XML or unsupported high-end ASCII" problem
> >
> >
> > Our own domain (nombremania.com) contains extended characters (D�az on
> > address or M�laga on city) and I am allowed to change and add extended
> > characters under manage.
> >
> > I am not 100% that I got this clear but If this is has never been possible
> > in the registration process (alltough we are only recieving
> > errors since the
> > latest API revision), how can it be avialable afterwards on manage?
> >
> > An more important what are we suppose to tell clients to write now  on the
> > new domain registration requests if their surnames is "Madro�o"
> > or they live
> > in the city of "La Coru�a"?
> >
> > How can we have technology to perform multilingual domains but not
> > multilingual contact details for domains?
> >
> > If OpenSRS really considers an internationa approach you better start
> > keeping this "simple" things in mind. Let's face it, there are
> > probably even
> > more spanish speakers in the States now than even in Spain, not to mention
> > all of south america. Lots and lots of them happen to be named on
> > non-ASCII
> > characters.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jose Luis Moya
> > nombremania.com
> >
> >
> > > From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:15:30 -0500
> > > To: "Jose Luis Moya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: RE: "Invalid XML or unsupported high-end ASCII" problem
> > >
> > > The systems have been returned to the same functionality they
> > were at prior
> > > to the co-location move, as far as multilingual characters are
> > concerned.
> > > AFAIK these characters would not have been allowed previously.
> > If you can
> > > provide me with a registration that was made previously with these
> > > characters, I can re-escalate.
> > >
> > > Charles Daminato
> > > OpenSRS Product Manager
> > > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Jose Luis Moya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >> Sent: January 9, 2002 1:14 PM
> > >> To: Charles Daminato; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> Subject: Re: "Invalid XML or unsupported high-end ASCII" problem
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I thought this problem was now "solved":
> > >>
> > >> REQUESTING (extended characters in address):
> > >>
> > >> owner_first_name    Marta
> > >> owner_last_name    Lagarta Juancho
> > >> owner_org_name    particular
> > >> owner_address1    Avda. del Ca�o,11
> > >> owner_address2
> > >> owner_address3
> > >> owner_city    Almer�a
> > >> owner_state    Almer�a
> > >> owner_country    ES
> > >> owner_postal_code    23001
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >> REPLY:
> > >>
> > >> array(9) {
> > >> � ["is_success"]=>
> > >> � bool(false)
> > >> � ["protocol"]=>
> > >> � string(3) "XCP"
> > >> � ["object"]=>
> > >> � string(11) "SW_REGISTER"
> > >> � ["attributes"]=>
> > >> � array(1) {
> > >> ��� ["error"]=>
> > >> ��� string(448) "
> > >> Non-ASCII character �- not permitted in owner state.
> > >> Non-ASCII character ñ not permitted in owner address1.
> > >> Non-ASCII character �- not permitted in owner city.
> > >>
> > >> "
> > >> � }
> > >> � ["response_text"]=>
> > >> ...
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jose Luis Moya
> > >> nombremania.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> From: Charles Daminato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:24:35 -0500 (EST)
> > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>> Subject: "Invalid XML or unsupported high-end ASCII" problem
> > >>>
> > >>> This has been solved successfully.
> > >>>
> > >>> We sincerely apologize for the length of this problem; it was
> > >> certainly a
> > >>> tricky one to track down.  You should no longer be experiencing this
> > >>> problem with new registrations, and management of existing
> > registrations
> > >>> that were affected by this problem.
> > >>>
> > >>> I thank everyone affected by this problem for their patience and
> > >>> assistance in tracking things down.
> > >>>
> > >>> Charles Daminato
> > >>> TUCOWS Product Manager
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>


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