At 22:00 01/10/24 +0800, James Seng/Personal wrote: > > - Nameprep is now divided into framework (stringprep) and profile > > (nameprep). Is stringprep scope of this WG? I think it is > > eventually yes at this moment but I'm not sure, so please clarify > > position of stringprep. > >Good question. As far as it stand now, only draft-ietf-idn-nameprep is >part of IDN work. draft-hoffman-stringprep is not. How it goes will >depends on the author. > >I suspect only nameprep will stay within IDN group and stringprep may >remains generic or go to other wg, which may not be formed yet.
Hello James, I have raised this issue, too. The title of the 'nameprep' draft is now "Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Host Names", and this is an accurate reflection of it's content. 'nameprep' therefore depends on 'stringprep'. If we want to go to Proposed Standard with 'nameprep', we cannot have 'stringprep' still as an I-D. Given your schedule for 'nameprep', it seems impossible for a new WG to be formed and to take up and finish 'stringprep' in time. Also, it seems quite dangerous to leave 'stringprep' to it's authors without at least close coordination with this WG. Leaving this at suspicions is not good enough. It shouldn't be difficult to improve on this given that the authors of stringprep are one of the co-chairs in this group and an active participant of this group. Regards, Martin.
